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 'sieve', and penna 'wing') refers to its large, sparse elytral punctures. [4][1]

Cryptocephalus cribripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Cryptocephalini
Genus: Cryptocephalus
Species:
C. cribripennis
Binomial name
Cryptocephalus cribripennis
J. L. LeConte, 1880

References

  1. "Cryptocephalus cribripennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. "Cryptocephalus cribripennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. "Cryptocephalus cribripennis Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. 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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