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Genus Colaspis

Eumolpinae > Brachypnoea puncticollis ? - Colaspis favosa-complex Leaf Beetle - Colaspis Pale orange leaf beetle - Colaspis brunnea Eumolpinae? - Colaspis nigrocyanea Beetle - Colaspis brunnea Colaspis - Colaspis brunnea Colaspis nigrocyanea? - Colaspis nigrocyanea Colaspis viriditincta? - Colaspis viriditincta
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 Eumolpinae
Tribe Eumolpini
No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)
Genus Colaspis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
needs further subdivision(1)
Explanation of Names
Colaspis Fabricius 1801
Numbers
28 spp. in our area(1), >200 total (New World's largest genus of Eumolpinae)
Range
New World (mostly neotropical) incl. most of NA (except CA and the Pacific Northwest)(1)
Food
Some adults appear to be polyphagous; others, host-specific(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 21 January, 2006 - 7:01am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2024 - 9:49pm

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