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scalaris group

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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 Calligrapha)
No Taxon scalaris group

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

as defined in(1): a large lineage of forms sometimes very different phenotypically

Numbers

at least 14 spp.(1) (some cryptic spp. near C. scalaris may be separated later)

Identification

key to spp. based on pattern and host in (1)

Food

by host plant(1):
Alnus (alder): C. confluens
Betula (birch): C. ignota
Cornus (dogwood): C. floridana, C. knabi, C. rowena
Corylus (hazel): C. rhoda
Crataegus (hawthorn): C. dolosa
Ostrya (hop-hornbeam): C. ostryae
Physocarpus (ninebark): C. spiraea
Prunus (wild plum): C. pruni
Tilia (linden/basswood): C. amator, *C. tiliae, *C. virginea
Ulmus (elm): C. scalaris
*species not yet in the guide

Works Cited

1.What is the leaf beetle Calligrapha scalaris (Leconte)?
Gómez-Zurita J. 2015. Breviora 541: 1‒19.
Contributed by v belov on 1 April, 2011 - 2:16pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 25 February, 2025 - 6:56pm

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