Colaspis pini

Colaspis pini, the pine colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America.[2][3][4][5] It is known to feed on pines in the southern United States, and is an occasional pest of Christmas trees.[5] It was first described by the American entomologist Herbert Spencer Barber in 1937.

Colaspis pini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. pini
Binomial name
Colaspis pini Barber, 1937[1]

Colaspis pini resembles Colaspis brunnea (the grape colaspis), and is externally almost identical to Colaspis flavocostata but differs in the shape of the aedeagus.[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Colaspis pini:[1]

• Colaspis pini pini Barber, 1937 ^{i c g}
• Colaspis pini schotti Barber, 1937 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

1. Barber, H. S. (1937). "Some species of Colaspis from the brunnea confusion (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 38 (9): 198–204.
2. "Colaspis pini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
3. "Colaspis pini species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Colaspis pini". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
5. "Colaspis pini Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.