Microrhopala rubrolineata

Microrhopala rubrolineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Microrhopala
Species:	M. rubrolineata
Binomial name
Microrhopala rubrolineata (Mannerheim, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Odontota rubrolineata Mannerheim 1843 Microrhopala rubrolineata militaris Van Dyke, 1925 Microrhopala signaticollis LeConte, 1859 Microrhopala vulnerata Horn, 1883

Microrhopala rubrolineata is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from the United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas) and Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Durango). ^[4]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.7-5.3 mm. Adults are black, often with a metallic blue or purple sheen and often with orange markings on the pronotum and/or elytron.

Biology

Like other Microrhopala species, they prefer plants with composite flowers, especially the goldenrods and daisy-sunflower types. ^[5]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Microrhopala rubrolineata:

• Microrhopala rubrolineata militarisVan Dyke, 1925 (California to Texas)
• Microrhopala rubrolineata rubrolineata (southern California and Arizona to Sonora and Durango)
• Microrhopala rubrolineata signaticollisJ. L. LeConte, 1859 (California to Baja California)
• Microrhopala rubrolineata vulnerataHorn, 1883 (Arizona to New Mexico)

References

1. "Microrhopala rubrolineata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Microrhopala rubrolineata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Microrhopala rubrolineata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
5. Clark, Shawn M. (1983). "A Revision of the Genus Microrhopala (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in America North of Mexico". The Great Basin Naturalist. 43 (4): 597–618. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.4488 . ISSN   0017-3614. JSTOR   41712020.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.