''Cryptocephalus'' 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 subfamily
Cryptocephalinae
The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The cases are made from the feces of larvae, passed from one instar to the next, and ultimat ...
and belonging to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the
Camptosomata.
File:Cryptocephalus nitidus01.jpg, '' Cryptocephalus nitidus''
File:Cryptocephalus pini 3 beentree.jpg, '' Cryptocephalus pini''
File:Cryptocephalus sericeus.jpg, '' Cryptocephalus sericeus''
See also
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List of Cryptocephalus species
References
External links
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* European Chrysomelidae
''Cryptocephalus''by Lech Borowiec. Retrieved 2007-JAN-08.
Cryptocephalinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy
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