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Subspecies Microrhopala excavata cyanea

Microrhopala excavata cyanea (Say) - Microrhopala excavata

Microrhopala excavata? - Microrhopala excavata

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 Microrhopala

Species excavata (Microrhopala excavata)

Subspecies cyanea (Microrhopala excavata cyanea)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Microrhopala excavata cyanea (Say)

Orig: Comb: Hispa cyanea Say, 1824

Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2005

Range

w NA to OH (AZ-TX-OH-BC) (1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by v belov on 2 February, 2012 - 7:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 July, 2017 - 8:33am

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