Colaspis Louisianae
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''Colaspis louisianae'' is a species of leaf beetle from
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
. It is distributed in Texas and Louisiana in the United States. It is close in appearance to ''
Colaspis brunnea ''Colaspis brunnea'', the grape colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America. It mainly occurs in the eastern United States. It is a pest of crop such as corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maĆ­z after t ...
''. According to Chapin (1979), ''C. louisianae'' is the most common species of the genus ''
Colaspis ''Colaspis'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 200 species, and it is known from both North and South America. A number of species from this genus are conside ...
'' in field crops in Louisiana.


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* Eumolpinae Articles created by Qbugbot Taxa named by Doris Holmes Blake Beetles described in 1974 Beetles of the United States {{Eumolpinae-stub