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Brachycoryna melsheimeri

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Brachycoryna melsheimeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Brachycoryna
Species:
B. melsheimeri
Binomial name
Brachycoryna melsheimeri
(Crotch, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Microrhopala melsheimeri Crotch, 1873

Brachycoryna melsheimeri is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It can be found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Adults reach a length of about 2.5-3.3 mm. They have a black head and the pronotum is reddish-yellow or yellowish-red usually with black markings. The elytron is reddish-yellow with black markings.[4]

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