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Chrysomela

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Chrysomela
Chrysomela populi
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Chrysomela

Type species
Chrysomela populi

Chrysomela is a genus of leaf beetles found almost throughout the world, but missing from 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]

Species

References

  1. ^ Edward U. Balsbaugh, Jr. & Kirby L. Hays (1972). "The leaf beetles of Alabama (Coleopterea: Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. 441. Auburn University.
  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.