''Galeruca rufa'' is a species of leaf beetle native to Europe. It has been observed defoliating '' Convolvulus arvensis'' L. (field bindweed). ''G. rufa'' appears to feed only on the genera '' Convolvulus'' and ''

Calystegia ''Calystegia'' (bindweed, false bindweed, or morning glory) is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and subtropical regions, but with half o ...

''. Studies were halted on this species when it was determined to reproduce successfully on several North American

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

varieties.

References

*http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/envent/1977/00000006/00000001/art00036 *http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/repositoryfiles/ca3709p18-72316.pdf {{Taxonbar, from=Q2203217 Galerucinae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1824 Taxa named by Ernst Friedrich Germar