Cerotoma

Cerotoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Cerotoma. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.

Species

Bean Leaf Beetle

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyChrysomelidae

Observations3,690

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Specimen records: 70
With media: 2
Family: Chrysomelidae
Collections: MHNCA, TTU, MPEG, PSUC, KU, NMSU
Recorded in: Mexico, Ecuador, United States, Brasil, Panama, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg

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taxon name: Cerotoma
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Cerotoma

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Cerotoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Cerotoma. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.

==Species== These seven species belong to the genus Cerotoma: Cerotoma arcuata Olivier, 1791 Cerotoma atrofasciata Jacoby, 1879 Cerotoma dilatipes Jacoby, 1888 Cerotoma rubrimarginata (Lever, 1930) Cerotoma ruficornis (Olivier, 1791) Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster, 1771) (bean leaf beetle) Cerotoma variegata Fabricius, 1792

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