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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Calligrapha » subgenus Calligrapha (Calligrapha subgenus Calligrapha) » philadelphica group (Calligrapha philadelphica group) » Dogwood Calligrapha (Calligrapha philadelphica)

Species Calligrapha philadelphica - Dogwood Calligrapha

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Dogwood Calligrapha - Calligrapha philadelphica Beetle June 2008 56 - Calligrapha philadelphica Calligrapha philadelphica Dogwood Calligrapha - Calligrapha philadelphica Dogwood Calligrapha Beetle - Calligrapha philadelphica Request information on unknown beetle - Calligrapha philadelphica dotted leaf beetle - Calligrapha philadelphica Calligrapha philadelphica? - Calligrapha philadelphica
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)
No Taxon (philadelphica group)
Species philadelphica (Dogwood Calligrapha)
Other Common Names
Dogwood Leaf Beetle
Explanation of Names
Calligrapha philadelphica (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
7-9 mm(1)
Range
n. & e. NA south to GA-LA-NE-WA(2)
Habitat
Woods, forest edges
Food
on Cornus (dogwood)(1)
Works Cited
1.A key to Calligrapha species of Atlantic Canada
2.New distribution records and biogeography of Calligrapha species in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)
Gómez-Zurita J. 2005. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119: 88-100.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 November, 2005 - 6:49pm
Additional contributions by Stephen_WV, v belov
Last updated 20 August, 2021 - 7:59am

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