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Species Calligrapha californica

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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 Bidensomela)
Species californica (Calligrapha californica)
Explanation of Names
Calligrapha californica (Linell 1896)
Identification
The black-headed larvae have a dark brown rotund body twice as wide as the head and three times as long. The adult is a dark beige beetle approximately 6 mm long with 3 black stripes on its back.
Range
throughout n. NA south to GA-IN-CO-CA(1)
Food
Larva feed on beggarticks (Bidens) and possibly other plants
Works Cited
1.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 December, 2005 - 4:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 May, 2013 - 10:30am

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