Xanthogaleruca

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]

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

Species
  • Xanthogaleruca luteola (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  • Xanthogaleruca subcoerulescens (Weise, 1884)

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Chiffelle, Italo; Huerta, Amanda; Jiménez, Rodrigo; Araya, Jaime E. (2011). "Canadian Journal of Forest Research". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41 (12): 2259. doi:10.1139/x11-137.


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