''Chrysomela'' is a
genus
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of
leaf beetle
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
s found almost throughout the world, but not in
Australia
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. It contains around 40 species, including 7 in eastern and northern Europe. It also includes at least 17 species in
North America
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, 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 28 species belong to the genus ''Chrysomela'':Chrysomela aeneicollis
''Chrysomela aeneicollis'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. This organism has been used as a model for studies of natural selection in nature. It is currently being investigated to study effects of environmental change on i ...
'' (Schaeffer, 1928) i c g b
* ''Chrysomela collaris
''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 co ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758 g
** ''Chrysomela collaris alpina'' Zetterstedt, 1838
** ''Chrysomela collaris blaisdelli'' (Van Dyke, 1938)
** ''Chrysomela collaris collaris'' Linnaeus, 1758
** ''Chrysomela collaris hyperborea'' Medvedev & Khruleva, 2011
* '' Chrysomela confluens'' Rogers, 1856 i c g b
* ''Chrysomela crotchi
''Chrysomela crotchi'', the aspen leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 gen ...
'' Brown, 1956 i c g b (aspen leaf beetle)
* ''Chrysomela cuprea
''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 co ...
'' Fabricius, 1775 g
* ''Chrysomela cyaneoviridis
''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 co ...
'' Gruev, 1994
* ''Chrysomela falsa
''Chrysomela falsa'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 g ...
'' Brown, 1956 i c g b
* ''Chrysomela flavicornis
''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 co ...
'' Suffrian, 1851 g
* ''Chrysomela interrupta
''Chrysomela interrupta'', the alder leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
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'' Fabricius, 1801 i c g b (alder leaf beetle)
* ''Chrysomela invicta
''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 co ...
'' Brown, 1956 i c g
* ''Chrysomela knabi
''Chrysomela knabi'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 g ...
'' Brown, 1956 i c g b
* ''Chrysomela lapponica
The leaf beetle ''Chrysomela lapponica'' is found in central and northern Europe feeding on leaves of willows and birch. The adult beetles are about 8 mm long and beetles in different regions can have different colour patterns on their elyt ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758 g
* ''Chrysomela laurentia
''Chrysomela laurentia'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,5 ...
'' Brown, 1956 i c g b
* ''Chrysomela lineatopunctata
''Chrysomela lineatopunctata'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more th ...
'' Forster, 1771 i c g b
* '' Chrysomela mainensis'' J. Bechyné, 1954 i c g b
* ''Chrysomela populi
''Chrysomela populi'' is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
Distribution
This species is one of the most widespread and frequent species of leaf beetles from the subfamily Ch ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758 g
* '' Chrysomela saliceti'' (Weise, 1884) g
** ''Chrysomela saliceti afghanica'' (Reineck, 1937)
** ''Chrysomela saliceti quadricollis'' (Jakob, 1955)
** ''Chrysomela saliceti saliceti'' Weise, 1884)
** ''Chrysomela saliceti turcestanica'' (Reineck, 1937)
* ''Chrysomela salicivorax
''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 co ...
'' (Jakob, 1953)
* '' Chrysomela schaefferi'' Brown, 1956 i c g b
* '' Chrysomela scripta'' Fabricius, 1801 i c g b (cottonwood leaf beetle)
* '' Chrysomela semota'' Brown, 1956 i c g b
* '' Chrysomela sonorae'' Brown, 1956 i c g b
* '' Chrysomela taimyrensis'' Medvedev & Chernov, 1969
* '' Chrysomela texana'' (Schaeffer, 1920) i c g b (red-headed willow leaf beetle)
* '' Chrysomela tremula'' Fabricius, 1787 g
** ''Chrysomela tremula selengensis'' (Jakob, 1953)
** ''Chrysomela tremula tremula'' Fabricius, 1787
* ''Chrysomela vigintipunctata
''Chrysomela vigintipunctata'', or the spotted willow leaf beetle, is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
The length of the beetles varies from 6.5 to 9.2 mm. Both larvae ...
'' (Scopoli, 1763) g
** ''Chrysomela vigintipunctata alticola'' Wang, 1992
** ''Chrysomela vigintipunctata vigintipunctata'' (Scopoli, 1763)
* ''Chrysomela walshi
''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 co ...
'' Brown, 1956 i c g
* '' Chrysomela wrangeliana'' Medvedev, 1973
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Chrysomelinae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Chrysomelidae genera