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Leaf Beetles of Texas - Family Chrysomelidae

844 species of chrysomelids have been recorded from Texas (E.G. Riley, pers. comm.)
The following thumbnails represent ~35% of the Texas total.

Speciemens were primarily shot at the ERGC, TAMUIC, and UTIC

BruchinaeDonaciinaeCriocerinae - Cassidinae - ChrysomelinaeGalerucinae - EumolpinaeCryptocephalinae


Subfamily Bruchinae - Bean or Seed Weevils

Megacerus cubiculus (Casey)  - Megacerus cubiculus - male=Megacerus cubiculus (Casey)  - Megacerus cubiculus - male=Megacerus cubiculus (Casey) - Megacerus cubiculus - female Beetle - Megacerus discoidus=Beetle - Megacerus discoidus Megacerus leucospilus (Sharp) - Megacerus leucospilus - female
Algarobius bottimeri Kingsolver - Algarobius bottimeri=Algarobius bottimeri Kingsolver - Algarobius bottimeri=Algarobius bottimeri Kingsolver - Algarobius bottimeri Algarobius bottimeri Kingsolver - Algarobius bottimeri Mimosestes amicus (Horn) - Mimosestes amicus Central Texas 
Bruchinae  - Acanthoscelides  Sennius guttifer (Sharp) - Sennius guttifer=Sennius guttifer (Sharp) - Sennius guttifer Stator subaeneus (Schaeffer) - Stator subaeneus - female=Stator subaeneus (Schaeffer) - Stator subaeneus - female bruchid bruchid Zabrotes  g-bru - Merobruchus major=g-bru - Merobruchus major Merobruchus terani Kingsolver - Merobruchus terani=Merobruchus terani Kingsolver - Merobruchus terani Neltumius texanus (Schaeffer) - Neltumius texanus Sennius leucostauros Johnson and Kingsolver - Sennius leucostauros=Sennius leucostauros Johnson and Kingsolver - Sennius leucostauros Mimosestes protractus (Horn) - Mimosestes protractus Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky) - Mimosestes nubigens Stator beali Johnson - Stator beali Stator limbatus (Horn) - Stator limbatus Acanthoscelides flavescens (Fahraeus) - Acanthoscelides flavescens bruchid Sennius lebasi (Fahraeus) - Sennius lebasi=Sennius lebasi (Fahraeus) - Sennius lebasi Amblycerus sp. - Amblycerus

Subfamily Donaciinae - Aquatic or Long-horned Leaf Beetles

Donacia hypoleuca Lacordaire  - Donacia hypoleuca Donacia


Subfamily Criocerinae - Shining Leaf Beetles

flea beetle? - Lema opulenta Lema conjuncta Lacordaire - Lema conjuncta Leaf beetle - Lema trabeata Neolema - Neolema quadriguttata Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus) - Crioceris asparagi Oulema? - Oulema simulans Oulema collaris (Say) - Oulema collaris Oulema (Hapsidolemoides) palustris (Blatchley) - Oulema palustris Neolema ovalis White - Neolema ovalis 


Subfamily Cassidinae - Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines

Argus Tortoise Beetle - Chelymorpha cassidea=Argus Tortoise Beetle - Chelymorpha cassidea Tortoise Beetle - Chelymorpha phytophagica Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier) - Jonthonota nigripes Charidotella sexpunctata (Fabricius) - Charidotella sexpunctata torto - Microctenochira bonvouloiri Plagiometriona sp. - Plagiometriona clavata Parorectis callosa (Boheman) - Parorectis callosa Deloyala 
guttata (Olivier) - Deloyala guttata Tortoise Beetle - Agroiconota bivittata Parorectis sublaevis (Barber) - Parorectis sublaevis Opacinota bisignata (Boheman) - Opacinota bisignata Strongylocassis atripes (J. L. LeConte) - Strongylocassis atripes Gratiana pallidula (Boheman) - Gratiana pallidula Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer) – teneral adult - Coptocycla texana  
Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana - male - female=Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana=Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana=Psalidonota texana Schaeffer - Coptocycla texana Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle - Physonota alutacea=Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle - Physonota alutacea


Possible S. 
metallica - Stenispa metallica / Anisostena
 texana Schaeffer - Anisostena texana    Glyphuroplata anisostenoides Riley - Glyphuroplata anisostenoides Anisostena cyanea Staines - Anisostena cyanea Microrhopala excavata cyanea (Say) - Microrhopala excavata Octotoma 
championi Baly - Octotoma championi 

Xenochalepus ater (Weise) - Xenochalepus ater Odontota scapularis (Olivier) - Odontota scapularis Pentispa 
distincta (Baly) - Pentispa distincta Pentispa melanura (Chapuis) - Pentispa melanura=Pentispa melanura (Chapuis) - Pentispa melanura Anisostena gracilis (Horn) - Anisostena gracilis Odontota horni J. Smith - Odontota horni 
Sumitrosis ancoroides (Schaeffer) - Sumitrosis ancoroides Sumitrosis pallescens (Baly) - Sumitrosis pallescens Baliosus nervosus (Panzer) - Baliosus nervosus Sumitrosis inaequalis (Weber) - Sumitrosis inaequalis   Brachycoryna pumila Guérin-Méneville - Brachycoryna pumila Stenopodius texanus Schaeffer - Stenopodius texanus


Subfamily Chrysomelinae - Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetles

Chrysomelini

Yellow-margined leaf beetle - Microtheca ochroloma Microtheca picea (Guérin-Méneville) - Microtheca picea


Chrysolina auripennis (Say) - Chrysolina auripennis=Chrysolina auripennis (Say) - Chrysolina auripennis=Chrysolina auripennis (Say) - Chrysolina auripennis Leptinotarsa haldemani (Rogers) - Leptinotarsa haldemani=Mystery Beetle - Leptinotarsa haldemani  On Ground Cherry - Leptinotarsa rubiginosa 

Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby) - Labidomera clivicollis=Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby) - Labidomera clivicollis Texas & Colorado Potato Beetles - Leptinotarsa texana Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) - Leptinotarsa decemlineata Leptinotarsa texana Schaeffer - Leptinotarsa texana
Calligrapha multipunctata (Say) - Calligrapha multipunctata=leaf beetle - Calligrapha multipunctata Zygogramma sp. - Zygogramma conjuncta=Chrysomelinae - Zygogramma conjuncta ? - Zygogramma conjuncta=Zygogramma conjuncta (Rogers) - Zygogramma conjuncta Zygogramma disrupta (Rogers) - Zygogramma disrupta=Zygogramma disrupta (Rogers) - Zygogramma disrupta Zygogramma heterothecae Linell - Zygogramma heterothecae=Zygogramma heterothecae Linell - Zygogramma heterothecae Zygogramma tortuosa (Rogers) - Zygogramma tortuosa=Zygogramma tortusa? - Zygogramma tortuosa Calligrapha bidenticola Brown - Calligrapha bidenticola Calligrapha scalaris (LeConte) - Calligrapha scalaris=Calligrapha scalaris? - Calligrapha scalaris Caligraph-like Beetle - Leptinotarsa collinsi
adult beetle - Calligrapha serpentina=Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers) - Calligrapha serpentina=Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers) - Calligrapha serpentina=Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers) - Calligrapha serpentina=Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae-Calligrapha serpentina - Calligrapha serpentina


Chrysomela texana (Schaeffer) - Chrysomela texana=Chrysomela texana (Schaeffer) - Chrysomela texana Cottonwood 
Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Phaedon viridis F. E. Melsheimer  - Phaedon viridis=Phaedon viridis F. E. Melsheimer - Phaedon viridis Plagiodera thymaloides Stål - Plagiodera thymaloides


Subfamily Galerucinae - Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles

 Monoxia 
sordida (J. L. LeConte) - Monoxia sordida Derospidea ornata (Schaeffer) - Derospidea ornata BG2923 E7775 - Trirhabda bacharidis Derospidea brevicollis (LeConte) - Derospidea brevicollis Monoxia batisia Blatchley - Monoxia batisia Ophraella communa LeSage - Ophraella communa Brucita marmorata (Jacoby) - Brucita marmorata Coraia subcyanescens (Schaeffer) - Coraia subcyanescens - male Trirhabda schwarzi Blake - Trirhabda schwarzi


Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster) - Cerotoma trifurcata=Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster) - Cerotoma trifurcata Striped 
Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma vittatum Phyllobrotica limbata (Fabricius) - Phyllobrotica limbata Phyllobrotica physostegiae Riley - Phyllobrotica 
physostegiae - female=Phyllobrotica physostegiae Riley - Phyllobrotica physostegiae
 - male  Miraces aeneipennis Jacoby - Miraces aeneipennis Paranapiacaba connexa (J. L. LeConte) - Paranapiacaba connexa Diabrotica litterata Sahlberg - Diabrotica litterata Cerotoma? - Cerotoma ruficornis  Diabrotica tibialis Jacoby - Diabrotica tibialis Parana in Maracaibo or something - Paranapiacaba tricincta Diabrotica - Diabrotica undecimpunctata Diabrotica longicornis (Say) - Diabrotica longicornis=Diabrotica longicornis (Say) - Diabrotica longicornis Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata Triarius vittipennis (Horn) - Triarius vittipennis Cyclotrypema furcata (Olivier) - Cyclotrypema furcata Keitheatus blakeae (White) - Keitheatus blakeae Metrioidea varicornis (Leconte) - Metrioidea varicornis 


Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer) - Malacorhinus acaciae=Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer) - Malacorhinus acaciae 


Dibolia borealis Chevrolat (southern form) - Dibolia borealis Crepidodera nana (Say) - Crepidodera nana Crepidodera browni Parry - Crepidodera browni Mantura floridana Crotch - Mantura floridana Altica texana Schaeffer - Altica texana=Altica texana Schaeffer - Altica texana Altica knabii (Blatchley) - Altica knabii Systena hudsonias (Forster)  - Systena hudsonias Systena pallicornis Schaeffer - Systena pallicornis Glyptina nivalis Horn - Glyptina nivalis - female Lysathia ludoviciana (Fall) - Lysathia ludoviciana Syphrea nana (Crotch) - Syphrea nana Phyllotreta aeneicollis (Crotch) - Phyllotreta aeneicollis Chaetocnema pulicaria  F. E. Melsheimer - Chaetocnema pulicaria Riley's Boca Chica Flea Beetle - Chaetocnema rileyi Thoracic-spotted Flea Beetle - Kuschelina thoracica Vians Flea Beetle - Kuschelina vians Kuschelina gibbitarsa (Say) - Kuschelina gibbitarsa Bernardia Flea Beetle - 
Syphrea Flea Beetle - Glyptina 
cyanipennis Lupraea picta (Say) - Lupraea picta Texas Snakeherb Flea Beetle - Phydanis bicolor - male=Texas Snakeherb Flea Beetle - Phydanis bicolor - female   Trichaltica scabricula (Crotch) - Trichaltica scabricula  Parchicola sp. - Parchicola - male Kuschelina petaurista (Fabricius) - Kuschelina petaurista Disonycha leptolineata Blatchley - Disonycha leptolineata Disonycha arizonae Casey - Disonycha arizonae Disonycha fumata (J. L. LeConte) - Disonycha fumata Disonycha admirabila Blatchley - Disonycha admirabila Disonycha glabrata (Fabricius) - Disonycha glabrata Disonycha barberi Blake - Disonycha barberi Disonycha pensylvanica (Illiger) - Disonycha pensylvanica Disonycha stenosticha Schaeffer - Disonycha stenosticha Kuschelina laeta (Perbosc) - Kuschelina laeta Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata (Crotch) - Omophoita cyanipennis Capraita nigrosignata (Schaeffer) - Capraita nigrosignata Capraita texana (Crotch)  - Capraita texana Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta liebecki Phyllotreta - Phyllotreta zimmermanni flea beetle - Phyllotreta striolata Capraita obsidiana (Fabricius)  - Capraita obsidiana Capraita sexmaculata (Illiger) - Capraita sexmaculata Cornulactica varicornis (Jacoby) - Cornulactica varicornis Epitrix - Epitrix fasciata Longitarsus - Glyptina Parchicola tibialis (Olivier) - Parchicola tibialis Cerataltica insolita (Melsheimer) - Cerataltica insolita Strabala acuminata Blake - Strabala acuminata Longitarsus sp.
 (on Lantana) - Longitarsus Glenidion flexicaulis (Schaeffer) - Glenidion flexicaulis Margaridisa sp. - Margaridisa Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois=Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois=Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois Pseudorthygia nigritarsis (Jacoby) - Pseudorthygia nigritarsis Distigmoptera Monomacra bumeliae (Schaeffer) - Monomacra bumeliae - male Pseudolampsis guttata (LeConte) - Pseudolampsis guttata Nesaecrepida infuscata (Schaeffer) - Nesaecrepida infuscata  


Subfamily Eumolpinae - Oval Leaf Beetles

Monahans Sandhill Chrysomelid - Graphops comosa Graphops curtipennis (F. E. Melsheimer) - Graphops curtipennis Graphops simplex J. L. LeConte (green form) - Graphops simplex=Graphops simplex J. L. LeConte (green form) - Graphops simplex Metachroma longicolle Jacoby - Metachroma longicolle Metachroma - Metachroma luridum Metachroma orientale Blake - Metachroma orientale Metachroma pellucidum Crotch - Metachroma pellucidum Metachroma quercatum (Fabricius) - Metachroma quercatum Metachroma quercatum (Fabricius) - Metachroma quercatum Metachroma suturale J. L. LeConte - Metachroma suturale Metachroma texanum Schaeffer - Metachroma texanum Metachroma ustum J. L. LeConte - Metachroma ustum Paria arizonensis Wilcox - Paria arizonensis Paria sexnotata (Say) - Paria sexnotata Paria n. sp. - Paria Paria quadriguttata LeConte - Paria quadriguttata Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius) - Typophorus nigritus=Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius) - Typophorus nigritus

Dogbane Beetle - Chrysochus auratus Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Brachypnoea lecontei=Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Brachypnoea lecontei=Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Brachypnoea lecontei=Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Brachypnoea lecontei=Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Brachypnoea lecontei=Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Brachypnoea lecontei Brachypnoea rotundicollis (Schaeffer) - Brachypnoea rotundicollis Brachypnoea texana (Schaeffer) - Brachypnoea texana Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer - Glyptoscelis prosopis Colaspis brownsvillensis Blake - Colaspis brownsvillensis Colaspis planicostata Blake - Colaspis planicostata Colaspis sp. - Colaspis hesperia Colaspis sp.  - Colaspis brunnea Myochrous sp., denticollis-cyphus Complex - Myochrous cyphus-denticollis Myochrous magnus Schaeffer - Myochrous magnus ===  Metaparia opacicollis (Horn) - Metaparia opacicollis Metaparia sp. EGR 1 - Metaparia - male Rhabdopterus weisei (Schaeffer) - Rhabdopterus weisei Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier) - Spintherophyta globosa Tymnes metasternalis (Crotch) - Tymnes metasternalis Zenocolaspis subtropica (Schaeffer) - Zenocolaspis subtropica


Megascelis texana Linell - Megascelis texana=Megascelis texana Linell - Megascelis texana


Fidia clematis Schaeffer  - Fidia clematis Fidia viticida Walsh - Fidia viticida Xanthonia dentata Staines & Weisman - Xanthonia dentata Xanthonia vagans (J. L. LeConte) - Xanthonia vagans Xanthonia sp. (n. sp. 1) - Xanthonia Xanthonia sp. 2 - Xanthonia Xanthonia sp. (n. sp. 3) - Xanthonia Xanthonia sp. 5 - Xanthonia


Subfamily Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers, Cylindrical Leaf Beetles

Griburius montezuma (Suffrian) - Griburius montezuma=Griburius montezuma (Suffrian)  - Griburius montezuma=Griburius montezuma (Suffrian) - Griburius montezuma=Griburius montezuma (Suffrian) - Griburius montezuma=Griburius montezuma (Suffrian)  - Griburius montezuma Leconte's Gribu-Chryso - Griburius lecontii=Griburius 
lecontii Crotch - Griburius lecontii 
Griburius scutellaris (Fabricius) - Griburius scutellaris =Griburius - Griburius 
undetermined=Griburius - Griburius undetermined Griburius equestris (Olivier) - Griburius equestris=Griburius equestris (Olivier) - Griburius equestris 


Pachybrachis texanus Bowditch - Pachybrachis texanus - male Pachybrachis diversus Fall - Pachybrachis diversus Pachybrachis spumarius Suffrian - Pachybrachis spumarius Pachybrachis duryi Fall - Pachybrachis duryi Pachybrachis sp. EGR #2 - Pachybrachis Pachybrachis brevicornis Fall - Pachybrachis brevicornis Pachybrachis texanus Bowditch  - Pachybrachis texanus Pachybrachis latithorax Clavareau - Pachybrachis latithorax Pachybrachis pusillus Bowditch - Pachybrachis pusillus Pachy - Pachybrachis - male - female Pachybrachis subvittatus LeConte - Pachybrachis subvittatus  Pachybrachis dubiosus J. L. LeConte - Pachybrachis dubiosus Pachybrachis othonus Say - Pachybrachis othonus Pachybrachis  Pachybrachis vestigialis Fall - Pachybrachis vestigialis=Pachybrachis vestigialis Fall - Pachybrachis vestigialis Pachybrachis luridus (Fabricius) - Pachybrachis luridus - male=Pachybrachis luridus (F.) - complex - Pachybrachis luridus - female Pachybrachis haematodes Suffrian - Pachybrachis haematodes Pachybrachis morosus Haldeman - Pachybrachis morosus Pachybrachis thoracicus Jacoby - Pachybrachis thoracicus  Pachybrachis hepaticus (F. E. Melsheimer) - Pachybrachis hepaticus Pachybrachis jacobyi Pachybrachis sp. - Pachybrachis  


Bassareus areolatus (Suffrian)  - Bassareus areolatus Bassareus brunnipes (Olivier)  - Bassareus brunnipes Bassareus clathratus (F. E. Melsheimer)  - Bassareus clathratus Bassareus mammifer (Newman)  - Bassareus mammifer=Bassareus mammifer (Newman)  - Bassareus mammifer =Bassareus sp. -- ? vittate form of lituratus (Fabricius) - Bassareus lituratus


Cryptocephalus notatus Fabricius - Cryptocephalus notatus Cryptocephalus quadruplex Newman - Cryptocephalus quadruplex Cryptocephalus mucoreus LeConte - Cryptocephalus mucoreus Cryptocephalus basalis Suffrian  - Cryptocephalus basalis Cryptocephalus a. arizonensis Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus arizonensis Cryptocephalus guttulatus Olivier - Cryptocephalus guttulatus=Cryptocephalus guttulatus Olivier - Cryptocephalus guttulatus Cryptocephalus guttulatellus Schaeffer - 
Cryptocephalus guttulatellus=Cryptocephalus guttulatellus Schaeffer - 
Cryptocephalus guttulatellus Cryptocephalus pumilus Haldeman - Cryptocephalus pumilus Cryptocephalus brunneovittatus Schaeffer - 
Cryptocephalus brunneovittatus Cryptocephalus trivittatus Olivier - Cryptocephalus trivittatus Cryptocephalus venustus Fabricius - Cryptocephalus venustus Cryptocephalus bispinus Suffrian - Cryptocephalus bispinus - male Cryptocephalus confluentus Say  - Cryptocephalus confluentus Cryptocephalus implacidus R. White - Cryptocephalus implacidus Cryptocephalus fulguratus Cryptocephalus downiei E. Riley & Gilbert  - 
Cryptocephalus downiei  Cryptocephalus texanus Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus texanus Cryptocephalus duryi Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus duryi Cryptocephalus cribripennis J. L. LeConte - Cryptocephalus cribripennis Cryptocephalus leucomelas Suffrian - Cryptocephalus leucomelas  Cryptocephalus triundulatus On Pine, high elevation - Cryptocephalus atrofasciatus Coleoptera - Cryptocephalus badius Cryptocephalus mutabilis F. E. Melsheimer - Cryptocephalus mutabilis


Lexiphanes teapensis (Jacoby) - Lexiphanes teapensis Diachus 
auratus (Fabricius) - Diachus auratus Diachus
 chlorizans (Suffrian) - Diachus chlorizans Triachus sp. - Triachus Triachus sp. - Triachus


 Anomoea nitidicollis Schaeffer  - Anomoea nitidicollis Anomoea flavokansiensis Moldenke - Anomoea flavokansiensis - male - female=Beetle - Anomoea 
flavokansiensis Anomoea 
laticlavia (Forster) - Anomoea laticlavia=Anomoea - Anomoea laticlavia - male Anomoea rufifrons mutabilis (Lacordaire) - Anomoea rufifrons Hairy Megalo-Chryso - Megalostomis dimidiata=Hairy Megalo-Chryso - Megalostomis dimidiata Leaf beetle - Megalostomis pyropyga Urodera crucifera texana Schaeffer - Urodera crucifera=Urodera crucifera texana Schaeffer - Urodera crucifera Coleorozena fulvilabris (Jacoby) - Coleorozena fulvilabris Coleorozena pilatei (Lacordaire) - Coleorozena pilatei Coleothorpa axillaris (J. L. LeConte) - Coleothorpa axillaris=Coleothorpa axillaris (J. L. LeConte) - Coleothorpa axillaris Saxinis sinuata Schaeffer - Saxinis sinuata=Saxinis sinuata Schaeffer - Saxinis sinuata Bronze-winged Coscinop - Coscinoptera aeneipennis Babia quadriguttata (Olivier) - Babia quadriguttata=Babia quadriguttata (Olivier) - Babia quadriguttata=Babia quadriguttata (Olivier) - Babia quadriguttata Babia tetraspilota=Babia tetraspilota Smaragdina militaris (J. L. LeConte) - Smaragdina militaris=Smaragdina militaris (J. L. LeConte) - Smaragdina militaris


Warty Leaf Beetles Chlamisus maculipes (Chevrolat) - Chlamisus maculipes=Chlamisus maculipes (Chevrolat) - Chlamisus maculipes=Chlamisus maculipes (Chevrolat) - Chlamisus maculipes Chlamisus texanus (Schaeffer) - Chlamisus texanus=Chlamisus texanus (Schaeffer) - Chlamisus texanus Exema mormona Karren -
 Exema mormona=Exema mormona Karren -
 Exema mormona=Exema mormona Karren -
 Exema mormona Exema elliptica 
Karren - Exema elliptica=Exema elliptica 
Karren - Exema elliptica Diplacaspis prosternalis (Schaeffer) - Diplacaspis prosternalis=Diplacaspis prosternalis (Schaeffer) - Diplacaspis prosternalis Neochlamisus bebbianae (Brown) – complex - Neochlamisus bebbianae - male


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