Brachycoryna melsheimeri

Brachycoryna melsheimeri
Scientific classification
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.

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

Further reading

• Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN   0749-6737.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.