Leaf beetle
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The beetle family Chrysomelidae, or leaf beetles is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera.
Leaf beetles are recognizable by their tarsal formula and distinguished from long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) by their short, filiform antennae. Adult and larval leaf beetles feed on all sorts of plant tissue. Many are economically important pests of agriculture, for example the colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), the asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi), the cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus), and various flea beetles.
Classification
- Subfamily Alticinae
- Altica
- Anthobiodes
- Aphthona
- Apteropeda
- Argopus
- Arrhenocoela
- Asiorestia
- Batophila
- Chaetocnema
- Crepidodera
- Derocrepis
- Dibolia
- Epitrix
- Hermaeophaga
- Heyrovskya
- Hippuriphila
- Longitarsus
- Lythraria
- Mantura
- Minota
- Mniophila
- Mniophilosoma
- Ochrosis
- Oedionychus
- Orestia
- Phyllotreta
- Podagrica
- Psylliodes
- Sphareoderma
- Subfamily Cassidinae
Image:Gastrophysaviridula1web.jpg Image:Colorado potato beetle.jpg Image:False Potato Beetle.JPG
- Subfamily Chrysomelinae
- Subfamily Clytrinae
- Subfamily Criocerinae
- Subfamily Cryptocephalinae
- Subfamily Donaciinae
- Subfamily Eumolpinae
- Subfamily Galerucinae
- Subfamily Hispinae
- Subfamily Lamprosomatinae
- Subfamily Megalopodinae
- Subfamily Orsodacninae
- Subfamily Synetinae
- Subfamily Zeugophorinae
External links
- Chrysomelidae information from University of Florida
- List of subfamilies of European Chrysomelidae from Wroclaw University
