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For other uses, see Chrysomela (disambiguation).
Chrysomela 
Chrysomela populi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Chrysomelidae Genus: Chrysomela
Linnaeus, 1758Type species Chrysomela populi
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]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
- Chrysomela afghanica
- Chrysomela alpina
- Chrysomela alticola
- Chrysomela blaisdelli
- Chrysomela collaris
- Chrysomela cuprea
- Chrysomela cyaneoviridis
- Chrysomela lapponica
- Chrysomela populi
- Chrysomela quadricollis
- Chrysomela saliceti
- Chrysomela salicivorax
- Chrysomela selengensis
- Chrysomela taimyrensis
- Chrysomela tremula
- Chrysomela turcestanica
- Chrysomela vigintipunctata
- Chrysomela wrangeliana
References
- ^ Edward U. Balsbaugh, Jr. & Kirby L. Hays (1972). Subfamily Chrysomelinae. "The leaf beetles of Alabama (Coleopterea: Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (Auburn University) 441. http://www.aaes.auburn.edu/comm/pubs/bulletins/beetles/chrysomelinae.php.
- ^ 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. http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/ab_pdf_39_bukejs_chrysomela.pdf.
- ^ Eric R. Eaton & Kenn Kaufman (2007). "Leaf beetles". Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 160–165. ISBN 9780618153107. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aWVi0IF_jcQC&pg=PA160.
External links
Data related to Chrysomela at Wikispecies
Media related to Chrysomela at Wikimedia Commons
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