Colaspis pini

Colaspis pini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. pini
Binomial name
Colaspis pini Barber, 1937 [1]

Colaspis pini, the pine colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is known to feed on pines in the southern United States, and is an occasional pest of Christmas trees. ^[5] It was first described by the American entomologist Herbert Spencer Barber in 1937.

Colaspis pini resembles Colaspis brunnea (the grape colaspis), and is externally almost identical to Colaspis flavocostata but differs in the shape of the aedeagus. ^[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Colaspis pini: ^[1]

• Colaspis pini pini Barber, 1937 ^{i c g}
• Colaspis pini schotti Barber, 1937 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[3] g = GBIF, ^[4] b = Bugguide.net ^[5]

References

1. Barber, H. S. (1937). "Some species of Colaspis from the brunnea confusion (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 38 (9): 198–204.
2. "Colaspis pini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
3. "Colaspis pini species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Colaspis pini". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
5. "Colaspis pini Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

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