Colaspis viridiceps

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Colaspis viridiceps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colaspis
Species:
C. viridiceps
Binomial name
Colaspis viridiceps
Schaeffer, 1933 [1]

Colaspis viridiceps is a species of leaf beetle from North America. [2] [3] [4] [5] Its range spans from Arizona to New Mexico and south to Mexico. [5] It was first described by the American entomologist Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1933.

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Subspecies

There are two subspecies of C. viridiceps:

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References

  1. Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 41 (4): 457–480. JSTOR   25004529.
  2. "Colaspis viridiceps Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. "Colaspis viridiceps species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. "Colaspis viridiceps". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. 1 2 "Colaspis viridiceps Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. Blake, D. H. (1976). "The Brown Semicostate and Costate Species of Colaspis in Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) (1534): 1–40.

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