Calligrapha (Zygogramma) heterothecae (Linell), 2024

Clark, Shawn M., Douglas, Hume B. & Cavan, Daniel J., 2024, Notes on Calligrapha Chevrolat (Subgenus Zygogramma Chevrolat) and Tritaenia Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2), pp. 281-295 : 285

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.281

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:53CF602E-9188-4A55-B65D-D790342E6F5C

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03820F08-DA02-4306-89A1-0D42FEC7A2FD

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scientific name

Calligrapha (Zygogramma) heterothecae (Linell)
status

comb. nov.

Calligrapha (Zygogramma) heterothecae (Linell) , new combination

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Zygogramma heterothecae Linell 1896: 197 .

This species has been reported from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming ( Ciegler 2007; Riley et al. 2003; Staines and Staines 2009). Beyond this, we have examined specimens from Nebraska (BYUC) and Utah (UMNH). Host plants are species of Heterotheca View in CoL ( Asteraceae View in CoL ) ( Clark et al. 2004).

Ciegler, J. C. 2007. Leaf and Seed Beetles of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae and Orsodacnidae). Biota of South Carolina, Volume 5. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA, 246 pp.

Clark, S. M., D. G. LeDoux, T. N. Seeno, E. G. Riley, A. J. Gilbert, and J. M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2: 1 - 476.

Gallery Image

Fig. 1. Dorsal habitus of Calligrapha (Zygogramma) and Tritaenia species. A) C. (Z.) arizonica, B) C. (Z.) conjuncta, C) C. (Z.) pallida, D) C. (Z.) continua, E) C. (Z.) disrupta, F) C. (Z.) estriata, G) C. (Z.) exclamationis, H) C. (Z.) heterothecae, I) C. (Z.) malvae, J) C. (Z.) opifera, K) C. (Z.) piceicollis, L) C. (Z.) signatipennis, M) C. (Z.) suturalis, N) C. (Z.) suturalis, O) C. (Z.) tortuosa, P) T.(Ithygramma) cognata, Q) T.(Tritaenia) quinquevirgata. Scale bars = 2 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Calligrapha