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Aulacophora
Sign in to saveAulacophora is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as pumpkin beetles; some species are pests of agricultural crops. The genus was named in 1836 by the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, in Dejean's Catalogue des Coléoptères. The name, from Ancient Greek, signifies "furrow-bearer"' from aulax, "furrow".
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 317
- With media
- 46
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, CSIRO, NMV, TTU, GUAM
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, Australia, Micronesia, Federated States Of
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- Aulacophora nigripennis1.jpg
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Aulacophora is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as pumpkin beetles; some species are pests of agricultural crops. The genus was named in 1836 by the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, in Dejean's Catalogue des Coléoptères. The name, from Ancient Greek, signifies "furrow-bearer"' from aulax, "furrow".
==Description== Beetles in this genus are oval insects up to about long and can be recognised by their presence on the host plant.
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