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Species Babia quadriguttata - Eastern Babia

Cryptocephalus? mating - Babia quadriguttata - male - female

Babia quadriguttata (Olivier) - Babia quadriguttata

Eastern babia - Babia quadriguttata - male - female

Chrysomelidae, Eastern Babia - Babia quadriguttata

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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Clytrini (Short-horned Leaf Beetles)

Subtribe Babiina

Genus Babia

Species quadriguttata (Eastern Babia)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Babia quadriguttata (Olivier)

Orig. Comb: Cryptocephalus quadriguttatus Olivier 1791

Numbers

3 sspp. (1)

Size

3-3.5 mm(2); 2.5-5.5 mm (3); 3-5.3 mm (4)

Identification

This is the only black and red Clytrini in e. US. The short serrate antennae and shiny, feebly punctate upper surface will separate it from other black and red Cryptocephalinae.

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2010

Range

e US to AZ (NY-ON-MN to FL-AZ) - Map (1)(5)(6)

Food

Rhus, Corylus americana, Quercus velutina, Carya cordiformis, Juglans nigra, Ceanothus americanus; more loosely associated with many other plants(7)

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2007

Works Cited

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

2.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

3.	Leaf and Seed Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2007. Clemson University.

4.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

5.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

6.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

7.	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.

Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 8:35pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2024 - 5:21pm

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