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Species Chrysomela crotchi - Aspen Leaf Beetle

Leaf beetle? - Chrysomela crotchi - male - female

Something pupating? - Chrysomela crotchi

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 Chrysomelina

Genus Chrysomela

No Taxon (Subgenus Chrysomela)

Species crotchi (Aspen Leaf Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Chrysomela crotchi Brown 1956

named for George R. Crotch (1842–1874)

Range

northern transcontinental, NS-AK south to VA & UT - Map (1)(2), mostly e. Can to AK

Works Cited

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

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 24 July, 2010 - 12:35am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 9:34pm

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