Colaspis costipennis

Colaspis costipennis is a species of leaf beetle from North America.[4][5][6][7] It is mostly found in coastal states; in the United States, its range extends from Louisiana and Georgia north to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and in Canada, it is reported from Ontario.[7] It was originally described as a variety of Colaspis brunnea, but it is now recognised as a distinct species.[2]

Colaspis costipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. costipennis
Binomial name
Colaspis costipennis Crotch, 1873[1]
Synonyms[2]
Colaspis brunnea var. costipennis Crotch, 1873 Colaspis crotchi Lefèvre, 1884[3]

References

1. Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.
2. Blake, D. H. (1974). "The costate species of Colaspis in the United States (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (181): 1–24. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.181.
3. Lefèvre, E. (1884). "Descriptions de quatre genres nouveaux et de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coléoptères de la famille des eumolpides". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 1884: cxciii–ccvi.
4. "Colaspis costipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
5. "Colaspis costipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
6. "Colaspis costipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
7. "Colaspis costipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.