Chrysomela


Chrysomela is a genus of leaf beetles found almost throughout the world, but not in Australia. It contains around 40 species, including 7 in eastern and northern Europe. It also includes at least 17 species in North America, including the cottonwood leaf beetle Chrysomela scripta.

Taxonomy

Chrysomela is traditionally broken up into three subgenera, Chrysomela, Macrolina and Pachylina. In 1998, researchers Maurizio Biondi and Mauro Daccordi proposed a new classification of Chryomela without any subgenera. This was followed by the sixth volume of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera.

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Chrysomela:
  • Chrysomela aeneicollis i c g b
  • Chrysomela collaris Linnaeus, 1758 g
  • * Chrysomela collaris alpina Zetterstedt, 1838
  • * Chrysomela collaris blaisdelli
  • * Chrysomela collaris collaris Linnaeus, 1758
  • * Chrysomela collaris hyperborea Medvedev & Khruleva, 2011
  • Chrysomela confluens Rogers, 1856 i c g b
  • Chrysomela crotchi Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela cuprea Fabricius, 1775 g
  • Chrysomela cyaneoviridis Gruev, 1994
  • Chrysomela falsa Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela interrupta Fabricius, 1801 i c g b
  • Chrysomela invicta Brown, 1956 i c g
  • Chrysomela knabi Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela lapponica Linnaeus, 1758 g
  • Chrysomela laurentia Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela lineatopunctata Forster, 1771 i c g b
  • Chrysomela mainensis J. Bechyné, 1954 i c g b
  • Chrysomela populi Linnaeus, 1758 g
  • Chrysomela saliceti g
  • * Chrysomela saliceti afghanica
  • * Chrysomela saliceti quadricollis
  • * Chrysomela saliceti saliceti
  • * Chrysomela saliceti turcestanica
  • Chrysomela salicivorax
  • Chrysomela schaefferi Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela scripta Fabricius, 1801 i c g b
  • Chrysomela semota Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela sonorae Brown, 1956 i c g b
  • Chrysomela taimyrensis Medvedev & Chernov, 1969
  • Chrysomela texana i c g b
  • Chrysomela tremula Fabricius, 1787 g
  • * Chrysomela tremula selengensis
  • * Chrysomela tremula tremula Fabricius, 1787
  • Chrysomela vigintipunctata g
  • * Chrysomela vigintipunctata alticola Wang, 1992
  • * Chrysomela vigintipunctata vigintipunctata
  • Chrysomela walshi Brown, 1956 i c g
  • Chrysomela wrangeliana Medvedev, 1973
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net