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For the United States & Canada

subgenus Bidensomela

Calligrapha - Calligrapha californica Calligrapha californica in New Brunswick - Calligrapha californica Looks like Zygogramma - Calligrapha bidenticola Brown and white beetle - Calligrapha bidenticola Chrysomelidae - Calligrapha bidenticola Calligrapha californica? - Calligrapha californica Calligrapha californica? - Calligrapha californica Calligrapha - Calligrapha californica
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
Explanation of Names
Bidensomela Monrós 1955
Numbers
4 spp. in the subgenus, all in our area(1)
Food
on various Asteraceae(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.