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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 » Chrysomelina » Chrysomela » Subgenus Macrolina (Chrysomela Subgenus Macrolina)

Subgenus Macrolina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Yellow-Green Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela confluens mating leaf beetles - Chrysomela mainensis - male - female Knab's Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela mainensis Chrysomela pupa - Chrysomela Mating Beetles - Chrysomela confluens - male - female
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 Macrolina
Explanation of Names
Macrolina Motschulsky 1839
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1)
Range
primarily holarctic, with a few spp. ranging into the tropics(1)
Food
hosts: willows, poplars (Salicaceae), alder (Betulaceae)(1)
Remarks
The species are often best identified only upon knowledge of the host plants. They can sometimes be identified based on color patterns, but the differences are subtle. When using color patterns for identification, series of specimens from each population are desirable. So, regard my identifications with a great deal of caution. --S.M. Clark, pers.comm. to =v=
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 v belov on 20 January, 2011 - 9:21am
Last updated 1 August, 2017 - 5:57pm

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