''Coleothorpa'' is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. The group is largely composed of species that were originally placed in the genus ''
Euryscopa''; some authorities have suggested placing these species into the genus ''
Coscinoptera'' but the most recent revisions prefer to retain it as a separate genus.
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Selected species
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Coleothorpa aenescens''
(Crotch, 1873)
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Coleothorpa axillaris
''Coleothorpa axillaris'' is a species of case-bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Subspecies
These eight subspecies belong to the species ''Coleothorpa axillaris'':
* ''Coleothorpa ...
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(J. L. LeConte, 1868)
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Coleothorpa dominicana
''Coleothorpa dominicana'' is a species of case-bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. These case-bearing leaf beetles lay eggs and the female beetle constructs a funnel structure that helps protect the eg ...
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(Fabricius, 1801)
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Coleothorpa mucorea
''Coleothorpa mucorea'' is a species of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It has two subspecies. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the ...
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(J. L. LeConte, 1858)
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Coleothorpa panochensis
''Coleothorpa panochensis '' is a species of case-bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It has no subspecies. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within t ...
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(Gilbert, 1981)
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Coleothorpa seminuda
''Coleothorpa seminuda'' is a species of case bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It has no subspecies. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the W ...
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(Horn, 1892)
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Coleothorpa vittigera
''Coleothorpa vittigera'' is a species of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in ...
''
(J. L. LeConte, 1861)
References
Further reading
* Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
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Clytrini
Chrysomelidae genera
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