Cryptocephalus sericeus

Cryptocephalus sericeus
Cryptocephalus sericeus ssp zambanellus
C. sericeus – Lateral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cryptocephalinae
Genus:	Cryptocephalus
Species:	C. sericeus
Binomial name
Cryptocephalus sericeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cryptocephalus sericeus is a species of cylindrical leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae.

Length is about 6-7 mm.

It is found in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.

Subspecies

• Cryptocephalus sericeus zambanellus (Marseul, 1875)
• Cryptocephalus sericeus intrusus (Weisw, 1882)
• Cryptocephalus sericeus sericeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Novak, P., 1964 - I Coleotteri della Dalmazia - Atti Mus. civico Storia Nat., Trieste, 24: 53-113
• Petitpierre, E., 2000 - Fauna Iberica. Vol. 13. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae I. - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, 521 pp.

External links

• Biolib
• Culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl
• Fauna europea