The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 15,000 species in more than 1000 genera, of which about 500 genera and about 8000 species make up the flea beetle tribe Alticini.
Galerucella is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae described by George Robert Crotch in 1873. It is widely distributed but absent in the Neotropics. Some species feed on waterlilies and are used as biocontrol of introduced, invasive waterlilies. Galerucella tenella feed on strawberry plants.
Tricholochmaea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 21 described species and two subspecies of Tricholochmaea. It is treated as a synonym of Pyrrhalta by some authors, but not by others.
Trirhabda is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 30 described species in Trirhabda. They are found in North America and Mexico.
Miraces is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are six described species in Miraces. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
Androlyperus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about five described species in Androlyperus. They are found in North America and Mexico.
Ophraea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about eight described species in Ophraea. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
Erynephala is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are six described species in Erynephala. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
Phyllotreta liebecki is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Erynephala puncticollis, the beet leaf beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Keitheatus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Keitheatus, Keitheatus blakeae. They are found in Texas.
Monocesta coryli, the larger elm leaf beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in eastern and southeastern North America, from Florida west to Kansas and north to Pennsylvania. It is the only species of the large neotropical genus Monocesta known to be found in the United States. Its specific epithet refers to its feeding on hazels, though it feeds and lives primarily on elms. Adults are easily identified by their relatively large size and orange coloration with metallic blue-green spots, though they may also have brown spots or no spots.
Trirhabda eriodictyonis is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Malacorhinus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species in Malacorhinus. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
Synetocephalus bivittatus is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Trirhabda adela is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It lives in North America.
Trirhabda diducta is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Brucita is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Brucita, B. marmorata. They are found in Texas and Guatemala.
Neolochmaea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are three described species in Neolochmaea. They are found in the Neotropics.
Trirhabda labrata is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
