''Colaspis brunnea'', the grape colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from

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. It mainly occurs in the eastern United States. It is a pest of crop such as

corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

and soybeans, but damage by it has not been documented as economically significant. It is univoltine, and overwinters in the soil as larvae. The adults are brown-colored (''brunnea'' is Latin for brown) and are around 5 mm in length. The elytra have a series of parallel rows of "puncture" marks. The larvae are scarabaeiform grub with white-grey bodies and orange head capsules, and are between 5 and 6.5 mm long at the 10th instar.

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File:Colaspis brunnea P1260425a.jpg, Grape colaspis, ''Colaspis brunnea''

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* Eumolpinae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1798 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Beetles of the United States Agricultural pest insects {{Eumolpinae-stub

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