Chrysomela

Chrysomela is a genus of leaf beetles found almost throughout the world, but not in Australia. It contains around 40 species, including 7 in eastern and northern Europe.[2] It also includes at least 17 species in North America, including the cottonwood leaf beetle Chrysomela scripta.[3]

Chrysomela
Chrysomela populi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Chrysomela Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Chrysomela populi Linnaeus, 1758 [1]

Chrysomela scripta

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Chrysomela:

• Chrysomela aeneicollis (Schaeffer, 1928) ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela blaisdelli (Van Dyke, 1938) ^{i c g}
• Chrysomela boleti Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela cerasi Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela collaris Linnæus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela confluens Rogers, 1856 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela crotchi Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b} (aspen leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela cuprea Fabricius, 1775 ^g
• Chrysomela cupriceps Houttuyn, 1787 ^g
• Chrysomela duodecimguttata Thunberg, 1787 ^g
• Chrysomela elongata Suffrian, 1851 ^g
• Chrysomela falsa Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela flavicornis Suffrian, 1851 ^g
• Chrysomela flavipes Linnaeus, 1767 ^g
• Chrysomela interrupta Fabricius, 1801 ^{i c g b} (alder leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela invicta Brown, 1956 ^{i c g}
• Chrysomela knabi Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela lapponica Linnæus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela laurentia Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela lineatopunctata Forster, 1771 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela mainensis J. Bechyné, 1954 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela merdigera Linnæus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela obscura Houttuyn, 1787 ^g
• Chrysomela oleracea Linnæus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela populi Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela saliceti (Weise, 1884) ^g
• Chrysomela schaefferi Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela scripta Fabricius, 1801 ^{i c g b} (cottonwood leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela semota Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela sericea Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela sonorae Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysomela tanaceti Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
• Chrysomela texana (Schaeffer, 1920) ^{i c g b} (red-headed willow leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela tibialis Duftschmid, 1825 ^g
• Chrysomela tremula Fabricius, 1787 ^g
• Chrysomela vigintipunctata Scopoli, 1763 ^g
• Chrysomela viridiaenea Houttuyn, 1787 ^g
• Chrysomela walshi Brown, 1956 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

References

1. Edward U. Balsbaugh, Jr. & Kirby L. Hays (1972). "The leaf beetles of Alabama (Coleopterea: Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. Auburn University. 441.
2. Andris Bukejs (2010). "On Latvian Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): 2. Genus Chrysomela Linnaeus, 1758" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 20 (1): 12–21. doi:10.2478/v10043-010-0002-y.
3. Eric R. Eaton & Kenn Kaufman (2007). "Leaf beetles". Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 160–165. ISBN 978-0-618-15310-7.
4. "Chrysomela Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
5. "Browse Chrysomela". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
6. "Chrysomela". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
7. "Chrysomela Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

External links

• Chrysomela scripta on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site