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Species Chalepus bicolor

Chalepus bicolor (Olivier) - Chalepus bicolor

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 Chalepus

Species bicolor (Chalepus bicolor)

Explanation of Names

Chalepus bicolor (Olivier 1792)

Size

6.3‒7.6 mm(1)

Identification

Elytra entirely dark, pronotum mostly red(2), southern populations may have dark pronotum(3),(1), femora red at base(1), red scutelum

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017

Range

e.US (NY‒FL to KS‒TX) & ON(4)(5)(6)

Food

rosette grass (Dichanthelium spp., Poaceae)(7)

Works Cited

1.	Leaf and Seed Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2007. Clemson University.

2.	Identification guide to the Leaf Beetles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

3.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

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

5.	Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae Barney R.J., Clark S.M., Riley E.G. 2007. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132-144.

6.	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.

7.	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 Jim McClarin on 19 February, 2007 - 1:15am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2024 - 12:05pm

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