asparagus beetle
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asparagus beetle
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A small spotted beetle (Crioceris asparagi) that infests and damages asparagus plants.
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Asparagus beetle
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| Crioceris asparagi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Criocerinae |
| Tribe: | Criocerini |
| Genus: | Crioceris Geoffroy, 1762 [1] |
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Crioceris asparagi |
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Crioceris or asparagus beetle is a genus of the family Chrysomelidae of beetles. The name is neo Latin from Greek κριός, ram and κέρας, horn. [2]
Species
- Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus, 1758), common asparagus beetle[3]
- Crioceris bicruciata (Sahlberg, 1823)[3]
- Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), spotted asparagus beetle[4]
- Crioceris quinquepunctata (Scopoli, 1763)[4]
References
- ^ "Crioceris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719608.
- ^ Whitney, William Dwight; Benjamin Eli Smith (1891). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. II. New York: The Century Company. pp. 1353. http://www.global-language.com/CENTURY/. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ a b Chikatunov, Vladimir; Tomáš Pavlíček and Eviatar Nevo (1999). Coleoptera of "Evolution Canyon," Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. Pensoft Publishers. pp. 122–123. ISBN 954-642-052-2. http://books.google.com/?id=HVITHfCVy_wC&pg=PA123&dq=Crioceris+bicruciata+(Sahlberg,+1823). Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ a b Károly, Vig (1997). "Leaf beetle collection of the Mátra Museum, Gyöngyös, Hungary (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae sensu lato)" (PDF). Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 22: 175–201. http://www.matramuzeum.hu/Personal/folia/22/12.PDF. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
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