Xanthogaleruca

Xanthogaleruca
Xanthogaleruca luteola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Genus: Xanthogaleruca
Laboissiere, 1922
Synonyms
  • Chapalia Laboissiere, 1929
  • Decoomanius Laboissiere, 1927
  • Tricholochmaea Laboissiere, 1932

Xanthogaleruca is a species of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.[1] These elm leaf beetles are pests that feed on ornamental plants until they are stripped of their leaves entirely.[2]

Species


References

  1. Biolib
  2. "Canadian Journal of Forest Research". doi:10.1139/x11-137.


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