Geographic variability in Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian 1858), a willow-feeding leaf beetle from western North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Authors

Mark H. Goodman, University of KentuckyFollow
Shawn M. Clark, Brigham Young University - HawaiiFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

9-25-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0092: 1-11. Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

A diagnosis is provided to separate Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian) from similar species. Geographic variability is described and illustrated for various populations of C. verrucosa. A map is provided to indicate the distribution of this species.