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Chrysolina (Sphaeromela) varians (Chrysolina varians)
Species
Chrysolina varians
- Chrysolina (Sphaeromela) varians
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
Chrysolina
Species
varians
(Chrysolina (Sphaeromela) varians)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
the only member of the subg.
Sphaeromela
Bedel 1899
Explanation of Names
Chrysolina varians
(Schaller 1783)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic (east to w. Siberia), introduced to w. NA
(
1
)
Remarks
introduced to w. NA [in Canada, BC
(
2
)
] to control the invasive
Hypericum
; may not be established
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.
Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by
v belov
on 27 February, 2014 - 1:30pm
Last updated 28 February, 2014 - 2:08pm