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Knab's Leaf Beetle

Chrysomela knabi Brown

Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Chrysomelinae, Tribe Chrysomelini

cf: Chrysomela scripta

Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia
April 26, 2003 (Troy Bartlett)

State Records for Chrysomela knabi

State Record Data per Riley et al, 2003

Hosts: 

This species normally feeds on Willows - Salix spp. - Salicaceae (Clark et al, 2004)
But it has also been associated with Populus spp. - Salicaceae (Clark et al, 2004)

Similar Species: 

Sixteen species of this Holarctic genus occur in the US and Canada (Arnett et al, 2002).

Texas Taxa: (per Riley et al,. 2003)

Chrysomela interrupta Fabricius 
Chrysomela knabi Brown
Chrysomela scripta Fabricius
Chrysomela texana (Schaeffer)

Weblink: Leaf Beetle Wing Patterns - Chrysomela knabi and Chrysomela scripta

References:

Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.

Brimley, C. S. 1938. The Insects of North Carolina. Being a List of the Insects of North Carolina and Their Close Relatives. North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. 560 pp.

Brown, W. J. 1956. The New World species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Can. Entomol. 88: 1-54.

Clark, S.M., D.G. LeDoux, T.N. Seeno, E.G. Riley, A.J. Gilbert and J.M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae exclusive of Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Lawson, F.A. 1991. Chrysomelidae (Chrysomeloidea) Pp. 568-593. in: Stehr, F.W. (editor) Immature Insects. Volume 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa. xiv + 975 pp.

Lowe, V.H. 1898. The cottonwood leaf-beetle. New York Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin no. 143: 3-24.

Peterson, A. 1951. Larvae of Insects: Part II, Coleoptera, Diptera, Neuroptera, Siphonaptera, Mecoptera, Trichoptera. Edwards Bros., Inc., Ann Arbor. 416 pp.

Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, & T.N. Seeno. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 1, 290 pp.

Wilcox, J.A. 1972. A review of the North American Chrysomelinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin, 421: 1–37.

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