Colaspis louisianae

Colaspis louisianae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. louisianae
Binomial name
Colaspis louisianae Blake, 1974 [1]

Colaspis louisianae is a species of leaf beetle from North America. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is distributed in Texas and Louisiana in the United States. ^[5] It is close in appearance to Colaspis brunnea . ^[1]

According to Chapin (1979), C. louisianae is the most common species of the genus Colaspis in field crops in Louisiana. ^[6]

References

1. Blake, D. H. (1974). "The costate species of Colaspis in the United States (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (181): 1–24. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.181.
2. "Colaspis louisianae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
3. "Colaspis louisianae species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
4. "Colaspis louisianae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
5. "Colaspis louisianae Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
6. Chapin, Joan B. (1979). "A Review of the Louisiana Species of Colaspis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 33 (4): 445–450. doi:10.5962/p.371739. JSTOR   4000079.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.