''Crioceris'', or asparagus beetle, is a genus of the family
Chrysomelidae of
beetle
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s. The name is
neo-Latin
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from Greek ,
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and , horn.
Not all species in the genus ''Crioceris'' feed on asparagus (e.g., ''C. nigropicta''). Some studies have found low genetic diversity among groups of isolated Chrysomelidae, and use ''
Wolbachia
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'' species as a genetic marker.
Species
*''
Crioceris asparagi''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758), common asparagus beetle
*''
Crioceris bicruciata''
( Sahlberg, 1823)[
*'' Crioceris duodecimpunctata'' (]Linnaeus
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, 1758), spotted asparagus beetleWeise __NOTOC__
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, 1880
*'' Crioceris nigropunctata'' Lacordaire, 1845
*'' Crioceris paracenthesis'' (Linnaeus
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, 1767)
*'' Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata'' (Scopoli
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, 1763)
*'' Crioceris quinquepunctata'' (Scopoli
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, 1763)[
Image:Common Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi) (35543248401).jpg, ''C. asparagi''
Image:Crioceris macilenta up.jpg, ''C. macilenta''
Image:Crioceris_duodecimpunctata_beentree.jpg, ''C. duodecimpunctata''
Image:Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata up.jpg, ''C. quatordecimpunctata''
Image:Crioceris quinquepunctata.JPG, ''C. quinquepunctata''
Image:Crioceris paracenthesis.jpg, ''C. paracenthesis''
]
References
Criocerinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy
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