Monocesta
Monocesta coryli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Galerucini
Genus: Monocesta
H. Clark, 1865

Monocesta is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least three described species in Monocesta.[1][2][3][4][5]

Monocesta coryli

Species

These three species belong to the genus Monocesta:

  • Monocesta coryli (Say, 1824) i c g b (larger elm leaf beetle)
  • Monocesta equestris Clark, 1865 g
  • Monocesta illustris Clark, 1865 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Monocesta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Monocesta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Monocesta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. 1 2 "Monocesta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

  • Media related to Monocesta at Wikimedia Commons


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