Species Pachybrachis peccans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Casebearer Beetle - Pachybrachis peccans

Pachybrachis peccans Suffrian - Pachybrachis peccans

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Cryptocephalini

Subtribe Pachybrachina

Genus Pachybrachis (Scriptured Leaf Beetles)

Species peccans (Pachybrachis peccans)

Explanation of Names

Pachybrachis peccans Suffrian, 1852

pecc (L). 'sin, transgress' (1)

Size

male size small: length 2.15 +/- 0.16 mm (2)

Identification

Ocular lines prominent; males with enlarged foreleg claws; color extremely variable, ranging from yellowish with faint black spots to almost black speckled with small yellow marks (2)

Range

NM-FL-NS-YK - Map (3)(2)(4)

the most commonly examined species in Canada (over 900 specimens) by Barney et al. (2013). It has also the largest Canadian distribution, being found from Nova Scotia to Yukon. (2)

Food

Large series were reportedly taken on Populus balsamifera and Salix spp. (Salicaceae). (2)

Print References

Barney R, LeSage L, Savard K (2013) Pachybrachis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) of eastern Canada. ZooKeys 332: 95–175. (2)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Pachybrachis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) of eastern Canada Barney et al. 2013. ZooKeys 332: 95–175.

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

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 December, 2013 - 6:38pm
Last updated 23 April, 2022 - 2:18pm

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