Cryptocephalus cribripennis
Cryptocephalus cribripennis is a species leaf beetle found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] The specific epithet cribripennis (from Latin cribro, meaning 'sieve', and penna, meaning 'wing') refers to its large, sparse elytral punctures. [4][1]
| Cryptocephalus cribripennis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Cryptocephalini |
| Genus: | Cryptocephalus |
| Species: | C. cribripennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocephalus cribripennis J. L. LeConte, 1880 | |
References
- "Cryptocephalus cribripennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- "Cryptocephalus cribripennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- "Cryptocephalus cribripennis Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American. Entomological Society 8: 163–218.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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