A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/28/2018). Verified by Jeff Brown/BugGuide.
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by V. Belov/Bugguide.
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/10/2022).
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/9/2015).
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/28/2023).
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/26/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/28/2015). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide.
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by V. Belov/BugGuide.
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (6/14/2021). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by V. Belov/BugGuide.
A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/11/2015). Verified by V. Belov/BugGuide.
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Host plants are in the family Salicaceae (willows, poplars, cottonwoods). BugGuide notes that "larvae skeletonize leaves, while adults attack only midrib and large veins" and that the species was formerly considered a pest of commercial willows, which were grown for basket-making.
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A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/28/2018). Verified by Jeff Brown/BugGuide.
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A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/10/2022).
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A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/9/2015).
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A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/28/2023).
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A Cottonwood Leaf Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by V. Belov/BugGuide.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Chrysomela scripta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chrysomela |
| Species: | C. scripta
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysomela scripta Fabricius, 1801
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Chrysomela scripta, the cottonwood leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Chrysomela scripta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Chrysomela scripta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Chrysomela scripta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Wilcox, John A. (1972). "A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin.
- Flinte, V.; Abejanella, A.; Daccordi, M.; Monteiro, R. F.; et al. (2017). "Chrysomelinae species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and new biological data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 7". ZooKeys (720): 5–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13963. PMC 5784215. PMID 29391849.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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