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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) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Sumitrosis » Sumitrosis pallescens

Species Sumitrosis pallescens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Sumitrosis pallescens (Baly) - Sumitrosis pallescens Cassidinae - Sumitrosis pallescens Sumitrosis in Chamaecrista fasciculata - Sumitrosis pallescens Sumitrosis in Chamaecrista fasciculata - Sumitrosis pallescens Sumitrosis pallescens (Baley) - Sumitrosis pallescens Sumitrosis pallescens (Baley) - Sumitrosis pallescens
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 Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Chalepini
Genus Sumitrosis
Species pallescens (Sumitrosis pallescens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sumitrosis pallescens (Baley)
Orig. Comb: Chalepus pallescens Baley, 1885
Explanation of Names
pallesc (L). 'pale' (1)
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
3 mm
Range
coastal states: TX-FL-MD / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (2)(3), most US records from e. TX-OK
Food
Asso. w/ sensitive pea - Chamaecrista spp. (Fabaceae) (4)
Print References
Baley, J.S. 1885. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hispidae. 6(2): 1-72.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 November, 2011 - 6:54pm
Last updated 10 July, 2022 - 4:30pm

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