Entomoscelis americana W.J.Brown, 1942 is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Entomoscelis americana W.J.Brown, 1942

Entomoscelis americana W.J.Brown, 1942

Entomoscelis americana, the red turnip beetle, is a leaf beetle now recognized as a synonym of the Palearctic species Entomoscelis adonidis.

Family
Genus
Entomoscelis
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Entomoscelis americana W.J.Brown, 1942

Entomoscelis americana, commonly called the red turnip beetle, is a species of leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. It was originally recorded as found in North America. In 2020, researchers determined that Entomoscelis americana is a junior synonym of Entomoscelis adonidis, a species native to the Palearctic realm.

Photo: (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Entomoscelis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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