Brachycoryna melsheimeri

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Brachycoryna melsheimeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Brachycoryna
Species:
B. melsheimeri
Binomial name
Brachycoryna melsheimeri
(Crotch, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Microrhopala melsheimeriCrotch, 1873

Brachycoryna melsheimeri is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It can be found in North America, [1] [2] [3] where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.5-3.3 mm. They have a black head and the pronotum is reddish-yellow or yellowish-red usually with black markings. The elytron is reddish-yellow with black markings. [4]

Biology

The foodplant is unknown, but adults have been collected on Erigeron species. [5]

References

  1. "Brachycoryna melsheimeri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Brachycoryna melsheimeri". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN   0749-6737.
  4. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

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