Colaspis viriditincta

Colaspis viriditincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. viriditincta
Binomial name
Colaspis viriditincta Schaeffer, 1919 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Colaspis brunnea var. viriditinctaSchaeffer, 1919

Colaspis viriditincta is a species of leaf beetle from North America. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} It is distributed in Arizona and Mexico. ^[6] It was first described by the American entomologist Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1919. The specific name, viriditincta, is derived from the Latin for "green-tinged". ^[6]

References

1. Schaeffer, C. (1919). "Synonymical and other notes on some species of the family Chrysomelidae and descriptions of new species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 27 (4): 307–340. JSTOR   25003871.
2. 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.
3. "Colaspis viriditincta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. "Colaspis viriditincta species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
5. "Colaspis viriditincta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
6. "Colaspis viriditincta Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

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