Leaf Beetles
Chrysomelidae
Summary 2
The family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, but only some of them are listed below.
SoCal Status 3
Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Acalymma trivittatum
Acanthoscelides daleae
Acanthoscelides fraterculus
Acanthoscelides griseolus
Acanthoscelides napensis
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Acanthoscelides pauperculus
Acanthoscelides pullus
Algarobius prosopis
Altica aeruginosa
Altica ambiens
Altica bimarginata
Altica californica
Altica cupreola
Altica foliacea
Altica obolina
Altica prasina
Altica suspecta
Altica tincta
Altica torquata
Androlyperus incisus
Baliosus californicus
Brachycoryna hardyi
Bruchus pisorum
Cadiz hardyi
Calligrapha californica
Calligrapha sigmoidea
Chaetocnema ectypa
Chaetocnema opacula
Chaetocnema opulenta
Chaetocnema repens
Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor
Chrysochus cobaltinus
Chrysomela confluens
Chrysomela schaefferi
Colaspidea smaragdula
Coleorozena lecontii
Coleorozena pilatei
Coleorozena vittata
Coleothorpa axillaris
Coleothorpa mucorea
Coleothorpa panochensis
Coscinoptera aeneipennis
Crioceris asparagi
Cryptocephalus castaneus
Cryptocephalus cerinus
Cryptocephalus confluentus confluentus
Cryptocephalus confluentus melanoscelus
Cryptocephalus pallidicinctus
Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis
Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis nigerrimus
Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis sanguinicollis
Cryptocephalus spurcus
Diabrotica balteata
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Diachus auratus
Diachus erasus
Dibolia ovata
Disonycha latiovittata
Disonycha maritima
Disonycha varicornis
Epitrix hirtipennis
Epitrix similaris
Epitrix subcrinita
Erynephala morosa
Erynephala puncticollis
Exema conspersa
Exema deserticola
Gastrophysa cyanea
Glyptina cerina
Glyptoscelis albida
Glyptoscelis alternata
Glyptoscelis illustris
Glyptoscelis squamulata
Gratiana pallidula
Hemiglyptus basalis
Kuschelina violascens
Lema daturaphila
Lema trivittata
Longitarsus huberi
Longitarsus livens
Longitarsus mancus
Longitarsus montivagus
Longitarsus repandus
Longitarsus rufescens
Megacerus impiger
Metachroma californicum
Metachroma coronadense
Microrhopala rubrolineata
Mimosetes amicus
Mimosetes nubigens
Monoxia brisleyi
Monoxia consputa
Monoxia guttulata
Monoxia sordida
Myochrous longulus
Neltumius arizonensis
Neltumius gibbothorax
Neochlamisus subelatus
Ophraella notulata
Orthaltica recticollis
Pachybrachis analis
Pachybrachis badius
Pachybrachis bivittatus
Pachybrachis caelatus
Pachybrachis californicus
Pachybrachis connexus
Pachybrachis hepaticus
Pachybrachis hybridus
Pachybrachis immaculatus
Pachybrachis integratus
Pachybrachis jacobyi
Pachybrachis livens
Pachybrachis lustrans
Pachybrachis marginipennis
Pachybrachis melanostictus
Pachybrachis mellitus
Pachybrachis mobilis
Pachybrachis nubigenus
Pachybrachis nunenmacheri
Pachybrachis pinguescens
Pachybrachis punctatus
Pachybrachis quadratus
Pachybrachis xanti
Paria fragariae
Phaedon oviformis
Phaedon prasinellus
Phyllobrotica luperina
Phyllobrotica nigripes
Phyllobrotica sequoiensis
Phyllobrotica viridipennis
Phyllotreta albionica
Phyllotreta lepidula
Phyllotreta prasina
Phyllotreta pusilla
Phyllotreta ramosa
Phyllotreta striolata
Plagiodera californica
Pseudoluperus maculicollis
Psylliodes convexior
Psylliodes punctulatus
Pteleon brevicornis
Saxinis hornii
Saxinis saucia
Scelolyperus flavicollis
Scelolyperus graptoderoides
Scelolyperus laticeps
Scelolyperus pasadenae
Scelolyperus smaragdinus
Scelolyperus tejonicus
Scelolyperus torquatus
Scelolyperus transitus
Scelolyperus varipes
Stator limbatus
Stator pruininus
Stenopodius flavidus
Syneta seriata
Synetocephalus autumnalis
Synetocephalus bivittatus
Synetocephalus diegensis
Synetocephalus monorhabdus
Systena blanda
Systena laevis
Thricolema anomala
Trachymela sloanei
Trachyscelida bicolor
Triarius melanolomatus
Trirhabda caduca
Trirhabda confusa
Trirhabda eriodictyonis
Trirhabda flavolimbata
Trirhabda geminata
Trirhabda labrata
Trirhabda luteocincta
Trirhabda sericotrachyla
Tymnes oregonensis
Xanthogaleruca luteola
Zabrotes spectabilis
Sources and Credits
- (c) Brad Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/57402879@N00/168292106
- Adapted by BJ Stacey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomelidae
- (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
