Species Calligrapha multipunctata - Common Willow Calligrapha

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Calligrapha leaf beetle - Calligrapha multipunctata

calligrapha beetle, Calligrapha multipunctata? - Calligrapha multipunctata

Leaf Beetle ???? - Calligrapha multipunctata

Chrysomelid? white with black marks - Calligrapha multipunctata

Unknown Beetle - Calligrapha multipunctata

Beetle 1 June 28 - Calligrapha multipunctata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Tribe Chrysomelini

Subtribe Doryphorina

Genus Calligrapha

No Taxon (subgenus Calligrapha)

Species multipunctata (Common Willow Calligrapha)

Explanation of Names

Calligrapha multipunctata (Say 1824)

Size

6.5-8.5 mm(1)

Identification

differs from C. philadelphica primarily in having the pronotum light with some large dark areas, rather than uniformly dark. Also, dark areas including spots are more likely to be dark metallic green in C. philadelphica vs black in C. multipunctata. C. m. bigsbyana, C. suturella, and C. philadelphica are similar, but note differences in pale pronotal band and elytral markings. (Gómez-Zurita et al. 2004)

Range

most of NA (NS-GA to AK-CA)(2)

Food

hosts: willows (Salix, Salicaceae)(3)

Print References

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Gómez-Zurita J., Vogler A.P., Funk D.J. (2004) Diagnosing an overlooked North American taxon: biological observations and mitochondrial insights on Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933 new status (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 97: 28-36 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Beetles Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques. 1980. Wm. C. Brown Publishers.

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

3.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

4.	A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). John A. Wilcox. 1972. New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin No. 421. 37 pp.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 12 November, 2005 - 8:11pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Stephen_WV, Mike Quinn, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 4 September, 2023 - 6:17pm

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