Chrysomela

Chrysomela is a genus of leaf beetles found almost throughout the world, but not in Australia. It contains around 40 species, including 7 in eastern and northern Europe. It also includes at least 17 species in North America, including the cottonwood leaf beetle Chrysomela scripta.

Chrysomela
Chrysomela populi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Chrysomela
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Chrysomela populi
Synonyms
  • Lina Latreille, 1829
  • Eleia Gistel, 1848
  • Gymnota Gistel, 1848
    (nec Gistel, 1834)
  • Ernobia Gistel, 1856
  • Melasoma Stephens, 1831
  • Microdera Stephens, 1839
    (nec Eschscholtz, 1831)
  • Macrolina Motschulsky, 1860
  • Strickerus Lucas, 1920
  • Pachylina Medvedev & Chernov, 1969
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