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Species Crioceris duodecimpunctata - Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle

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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 Criocerinae
Tribe Criocerini
Genus Crioceris
Species duodecimpunctata (Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle)
Other Common Names
Spotted Asparagus Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus)
Orig. Comb: Chrysomela duodecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758
Explanation of Names
duodecimpunctata = '12-dotted'
Size
Adult 5-6 mm, larva 7-8 mm(1)
Identification
Range
introduced to NA and now widely dist. (CA-WV-NS-BC) (2)
Native to the entire Palaearctic Region (e. to Korea)(3);
Food
on Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae) (3)
Life Cycle
2 generations per year(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: MD ca. 1881(2)
Internet References
Species profile(1)
Works Cited
1.HYPPZ Encyclopédie des ravageurs européens
2.Introduced Leaf Beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 6: The Common Asparagus Beetle... and the Twelve-Spotted Asparagus Beetle...
LeSage, L., E.J. Dobesberger, and C.G. Majka. 2008. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 110(3):602-621.
3.Borowiec L. (200_-2013) Chrysomelidae: The leaf beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean subregion (checklist and iconography)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 May, 2006 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2015 - 8:11pm

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