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Phratora laticollis (Suffrian, 1851)

Phratora laticollis (Suffrian, 1851)

Phratora laticollis (Suffrian, 1851)

Phratora laticollis is a small widespread leaf beetle that feeds on salicylate-rich Populus host plants across Europe and Asia.

Gastrophysa cyanea Melsheimer, 1847

Gastrophysa cyanea Melsheimer, 1847

Gastrophysa cyanea Melsheimer, 1847

Gastrophysa cyanea, the green dock beetle, is a metallic green North American leaf beetle species that feeds on curly dock.

Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gastrophysa polygoni is a small, colored leaf beetle in Chrysomelinae, described by Linnaeus in 1758, seen in spring and summer.

Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)

Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)

Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)

Gastrophysa viridula, the green dock beetle, is a structurally colored leaf beetle with a range covering Europe to western Siberia.

Phaedon cyanescens Stål, 1860

Phaedon cyanescens Stål, 1860

Phaedon cyanescens Stål, 1860

Phaedon cyanescens is a leaf beetle species in the Chrysomelidae family found in Central and North America.

Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1824)

Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1824)

Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1824)

Phaedon tumidulus is a beetle species whose adults are 3.5–4.01 mm long and usually dark green, brassy, or occasionally blueish.

Phaedon desotonis Balsbaugh, 1983

Phaedon desotonis Balsbaugh, 1983

Phaedon desotonis Balsbaugh, 1983

Phaedon desotonis is a species of leaf beetle in the Chrysomelidae family found in North America, known as desoto or coreopsis leaf beetle.

Prasocuris vittata (Olivier, 1807)

Prasocuris vittata (Olivier, 1807)

Prasocuris vittata (Olivier, 1807)

Prasocuris vittata is a leaf beetle species in the Chrysomelidae family found in North America.

Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)

Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)

Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)

Timarcha tenebricosa is a blue-black 15-20 mm beetle found across southern, central Europe, and common in Britain and Ireland.

Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Timarcha goettingensis is a small 8-13 mm beetle that can be visually confused with two other related beetle species.

Timarcha nicaeensis A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1835

Timarcha nicaeensis A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1835

Timarcha nicaeensis A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1835

Timarcha nicaeensis is a leaf beetle species found across Southern Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula.

Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873)

Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873)

Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873)

Gonioctena fornicata is a 6-7 mm leaf beetle with distinct black spots, distributed across much of Europe and western Asia.

Paropsis charybdis

Paropsis charybdis

Paropsis charybdis

Paropsis charybdis is a distinctively colored leaf beetle native to Australia that has spread to New Zealand.

Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896)

Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896)

Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896)

Trachymela sloanei is an Australian leaf beetle that has become an invasive pest in multiple regions worldwide.

Paropsisterna beata

Paropsisterna beata

Paropsisterna beata

Paropsisterna beata is a mostly black Eucalyptus-feeding beetle with distinct orange markings, with one recognized subspecies.

Paropsisterna m-fuscum

Paropsisterna m-fuscum

Paropsisterna m-fuscum

Paropsisterna m-fuscum is an Australian native leaf beetle, an invasive forestry pest found in California, USA.

Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål, 1860)

Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål, 1860)

Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål, 1860)

Paropsisterna cloelia is a species with distinct, described adult and larval body forms, sizes, and color patterns.

Paropsisterna bimaculata

Paropsisterna bimaculata

Paropsisterna bimaculata

Paropsisterna bimaculata is a Tasmanian leaf beetle, a forestry pest with seasonal color changes, recently found in Victoria.

Paropsisterna agricola

Paropsisterna agricola

Paropsisterna agricola

Paropsisterna agricola (southern eucalyptus leaf beetle) is a small variable-colored leaf beetle that can be a timber plantation pest.

Entomoscelis americana W.J.Brown, 1942

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.

Microtheca ochroloma Stål, 1860

Microtheca ochroloma Stål, 1860

Microtheca ochroloma Stål, 1860

The yellow-margined leaf beetle Microtheca ochroloma is a chrysomelid leaf beetle found in North and South America.

Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby, 1837)

Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby, 1837)

Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby, 1837)

Labidomera clivicollis, the milkweed leaf beetle, is a North American chrysomelid beetle that feeds on milkweed.

Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar, 1824)

Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar, 1824)

Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar, 1824)

Leptinotarsa juncta, the false potato beetle, is a US beetle often mistaken for the pestiferous Colorado potato beetle.

Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824)

Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824)

Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824)

Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the ten-lined Colorado potato beetle, is an agricultural pest native to central North America now widespread across Europe and Asia.

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