Brachycoryna melsheimeri
| Brachycoryna melsheimeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Brachycoryna |
| Species: | B. melsheimeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachycoryna melsheimeri (Crotch, 1873)
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Brachycoryna melsheimeri is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It can be found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.5-3.3 mm. They have a black head and the pronotum is reddish-yellow or yellowish-red usually with black markings. The elytron is reddish-yellow with black markings.[4]
Biology
The foodplant is unknown, but adults have been collected on Erigeron species.[5]
References
- ^ "Brachycoryna melsheimeri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Brachycoryna melsheimeri". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Brachycoryna melsheimeri species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN 0749-6737.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
Further reading
- Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN 0749-6737.
- 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.