''Cerotoma'' is a genus of

leaf beetle The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

s in the family

Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

. There are about seven described species in ''Cerotoma''. They are found in North America and the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...

Species

These seven species belong to the genus ''Cerotoma'': * '' Cerotoma arcuata'' Olivier, 1791 * '' Cerotoma atrofasciata'' Jacoby, 1879 * '' Cerotoma dilatipes'' Jacoby, 1888 * '' Cerotoma rubrimarginata'' (Lever, 1930) * '' Cerotoma ruficornis'' (Olivier, 1791) * ''

Cerotoma trifurcata ''Cerotoma trifurcata'' (also known as the bean leaf beetle) is a species of beetle in the Chrysomelidae family that can be found in the Eastern and West United States. Previously considered a minor pest, the past 30 years have seen an increas ...

'' (Forster, 1771) (bean leaf beetle) * '' Cerotoma variegata'' Fabricius, 1792

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