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. It also includes at least 17 species in North America, including the cottonwood leaf beetle Chrysomela scripta.

Taxonomy

Chrysomela is traditionally broken up into three subgenera, Chrysomela, Macrolina (or Strickerus) and Pachylina. In 1998, researchers Maurizio Biondi and Mauro Daccordi proposed a new classification of Chryomela without any subgenera. This was followed by the sixth volume of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera.

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Chrysomela:

• Chrysomela aeneicollis <small>(Schaeffer, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela collaris <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela collaris alpina <small>Zetterstedt, 1838</small>
• Chrysomela collaris blaisdelli <small>(Van Dyke, 1938)</small>
• Chrysomela collaris collaris <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
• Chrysomela collaris hyperborea <small>Medvedev & Khruleva, 2011</small>
• Chrysomela confluens <small>Rogers, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela crotchi <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (aspen leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela cuprea <small>Fabricius, 1775</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela cyaneoviridis <small>Gruev, 1994</small>
• Chrysomela falsa <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela interrupta <small>Fabricius, 1801</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (alder leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela invicta <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Chrysomela knabi <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela lapponica <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela laurentia <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela lineatopunctata <small>Forster, 1771</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela mainensis <small>J. Bechyné, 1954</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela populi <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela saliceti <small>(Weise, 1884)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela saliceti afghanica <small>(Reineck, 1937)</small>
• Chrysomela saliceti quadricollis <small>(Jakob, 1955)</small>
• Chrysomela saliceti saliceti <small>(Weise, 1884)</small>
• Chrysomela saliceti turcestanica <small>(Reineck, 1937)</small>
• Chrysomela salicivorax <small>(Jakob, 1953)</small>
• Chrysomela schaefferi <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela scripta <small>Fabricius, 1801</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (cottonwood leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela semota <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela sonorae <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Chrysomela taimyrensis <small>Medvedev & Chernov, 1969</small>
• Chrysomela texana <small>(Schaeffer, 1920)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (red-headed willow leaf beetle)
• Chrysomela tremula <small>Fabricius, 1787</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela tremula selengensis <small>(Jakob, 1953)</small>
• Chrysomela tremula tremula <small>Fabricius, 1787</small>
• Chrysomela vigintipunctata <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Chrysomela vigintipunctata alticola <small>Wang, 1992</small>
• Chrysomela vigintipunctata vigintipunctata <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small>
• Chrysomela walshi <small>Brown, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Chrysomela wrangeliana <small>Medvedev, 1973</small>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

References

External links

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