Color forms of Monocesta coryli (Say) in West Virginia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Authors

Shawn M. Clark, Brigham Young University, Provo, UtahFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

June 2001

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Clark.

Abstract

Monocesta coryli (Say) is rather widespread in the eastern United States. In life, the beetles are usually bright yellow with the basal and apical thirds of the elytra metallic blue. In pinned specimens, the yellow areas fade to pale tan. A number of years ago (Clark, 1986), I reported on an unusual color form that occurs in southern Ohio, the dark elytral markings being either entirely absent or very poorly developed. More recently (Clark, 2000), I stated that both forms occur in West Virginia, but I gave very little information regarding the distribution of each.