Texas Beetle Information

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Leaf Beetles of Texas - Family Chrysomelidae

There are 844 species of Chrysomelids recorded from Texas (E.G. Riley, pers. comm.)
The following thumbnails represent about 10% of the Texas total.

Most of the speciemens were shot at the Entomology Collection at UT Austin's Brackenridge Field Laboratory


Subfamily Bruchinae - Bean or Seed Weevils

Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus cubiculus=Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus=Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus=Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus Silvery Bruchid sp. Bruchid


Subfamily Cassidinae - Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines

Narrow-footed Hispine - Stenopodius=Narrow-footed Hispine - Stenopodius Pitted Microrho-Chryso - Microrhopala excavata Basswood Leaf Miner - Baliosus nervosus Hispine - Brachycoryna pumila 

Argus Tortoise Beetle - Chelymorpha cassidea=Argus Tortoise Beetle - Chelymorpha cassidea Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata=Mottled Tortoise Beetle host plant - Deloyala guttata Palmetto Tortoise Beetle - Hemisphaerota cyanea Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana - male - female=Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle - Physonota alutacea


Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Yellow-margined leaf beetle - Microtheca ochroloma Golden-winged Chrysomelid - Chrysolina auripennis Golden-winged Chrysomelid - Chrysolina auripennis Golden-winged Chrysomelid - Chrysolina auripennis  Neck-lined Leaf Beetle - Plagiodera thymaloides 

Texas & Colorado Potato Beetles - Leptinotarsa texana Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Elm Calligrapha - Calligrapha scalaris Common Willow Calligrapha - Calligrapha multipunctata Ambrosia Zygo-Chryso - Zygogramma tortuosa Camphorweed Chrysomelid - Zygogramma heterothecae


Subfamily Criocerinae

Conjuncta Lema-Chryso - Lema conjuncta=Conjuncta Lema-Chryso - Lema conjuncta Robed Lema-Chryso - Lema trabeata  Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi


Subfamily Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers

Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois =Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois Lightning Crypto-Chryso - Cryptocephalus fulguratus Fulguratus Crypto-Chryso - Cryptocephalus fulguratus Fabricius' Red-marked Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus notatus  Booldy Pachy - Pachybrachis haematodes Hector Pachy-Chryso - Pachybrachis hector =Montezuma Gribu-Chryso - Griburius montezuma Leconte's Gribu-Chryso - Griburius lecontii Blue-winged Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus arizonensis=Blue-winged Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus arizonensis  Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus guttulatus Small Yellow-spotted South Texas Crypto-Chryso - Cryptocephalus guttulatellus Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus trivittatus Cryptocephalus Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus cribripennis=Cryptocephalus Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus cribripennis Shielded Gribu-Chryso - Griburius scutellaris=Shielded Gribu-Chryso - Griburius scutellaris  Griburius n. sp.? - Griburius undetermined Griburius n. sp.? - Griburius undetermined Stripped Coleothorpa - Coleothorpa vittigera=Stripped Coleothorpa - Coleothorpa vittigera Ano-Chryso - Anomoea flavokansiensis - male Ano-Chryso - Anomoea flavokansiensis - male - female=Hairy Megalo-Chryso - Megalostomis dimidiata=Hairy Megalo-Chryso - Megalostomis dimidiata Black-banded Ano-Chryso - Anomoea rufifrons Coleoro-Chryso - Coleorozena fulvilabris Coleothorpa axillaris (J. L. LeConte) - Coleothorpa axillaris Coleothorpa axillaris (J. L. LeConte) - Coleothorpa axillaris Chryso - Coleorozena Eastern Babia - Babia quadriguttata Western Babia - Babia tetraspilota  Lightning Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Sumac Crypto Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus mucoreus Pachy - Pachybrachis - male - female Golden Crypto - Diachus=Bronze Leaf Beetle - Diachus auratus Downie's Spotted Crypto-Chryso - Cryptocephalus downiei


Warty Leaf Beetles


Subfamily Eumolpinae

Eumolpine - Brachypnoea Eumolpine - Brachypnoea Metaparia-Chryso - Metaparia viridimicans - female Metaparia-Chryso - Metaparia viridimicans - female Metaparia-Chryso - Metaparia viridimicans - male Metapario-Chryso - Metaparia opacicollis Fav Colaspis-Chryso - Colaspis favosa Rhabdo-Chryso - Rhabdopterus Simple Grapho-Chryso - Graphops simplex Grape Rootworm Beetle - Fidia viticida Short-winged Grapho-Chryso - Graphops curtipennis Monahans Sandhill Chrysomelid - Graphops comosa Brownsville Colaspis - Colaspis brownsvillensis Pale South Texas Chrysomelid - Colaspis planicostata Pale South Texas Chrysomelid - Colaspis planicostata Rhabdo-Chryso - Rhabdopterus Pale-spotted Black Chryso Chryso - Paria quadriguttata Dogbane Beetle - Chrysochus auratus=Dogbane Beetle - Chrysochus auratus


Subfamily Galerucinae - Skeletonizing leaf beetles

Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata Monoxia sordida (J. L. LeConte) - Monoxia sordida Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma Chrysomelid - Phyllobrotica

Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata Diabro-Chryso - Diabrotica cristata Diabro-Chryso - Diabrotica longicornis


Tibial Parchico-Chryso - Parchicola tibialis Northern Plantain Flea Beetle - Dibolia borealis Crepid-Cryso - Crepidodera green chryso Eight-spotted Flea Beetle - Omophoita cyanipennis Flea beetle ??  Riley's Boca Chica Flea Beetle - Chaetocnema rileyi Thoracic-spotted Flea Beetle - Kuschelina thoracica Gibbi Kusche-Chryso - Kuschelina gibbitarsa South Texas Syphrea Flea Beetle - Syphrea Kuschelina sp - Kuschelina Vians Flea Beetle - Kuschelina vians Springboard Kusche-Chryso - Kuschelina petaurista striped sp of Disonycha - Disonycha arizonae South Texas Ebony Flea Beetle - Glenidion flexicaulis Brown-headed Flea Beetle - Systena hudsonias Pleasing Flea Beetle - Kuschelina laeta Shining Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans Cool flea beetle...


July 6, 2009 © Mike Quinn / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information