Biology:Colaspis brunnea

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Short description: Species of beetle

Colaspis brunnea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colaspis
Species:
C. brunnea
Binomial name
Colaspis brunnea
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Colaspis flavida (Say, 1824)
  • Eumolpus flavidus Say, 1824
  • Galleruca brunnea Fabricius, 1798

Colaspis brunnea, the grape colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America.[1][2][3][4] It mainly occurs in the eastern United States . It is a pest of crop such as corn and soybeans, but damage by it has not been documented as economically significant. It is univoltine, and overwinters in the soil as larvae.[5]

The adults are brown-colored (brunnea is Latin for brown) and are around 5 mm in length. The elytra have a series of parallel rows of "puncture" marks. The larvae are scarabaeiform grub with white-grey bodies and orange head capsules, and are between 5 and 6.5 mm long at the 10th instar.

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References

  • Lindsay, Dale Richard (1943). The biology and morphology of Colaspis flavida (Say) (PhD). Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-15940.
  • Kaeb, Benjamin Carl (2006). Management of grape colaspis, Colaspis brunnea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in seed corn production (MSc). Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-12169.

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14933844 entry