Xanthogaleruca
Genus of beetles
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Xanthogaleruca is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.[1] These elm leaf beetles are pests that feed on ornamental plants until they are stripped of their leaves entirely.[2]
| Xanthogaleruca | |
|---|---|
| Xanthogaleruca luteola | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Galerucini |
| Genus: | Xanthogaleruca Laboissière, 1934 |
Species
The genus includes the following species:[3][4]
- Xanthogaleruca aenescens (Fairmaire, 1878)
- Xanthogaleruca flavescens (Weise, 1887)
- Xanthogaleruca luteola (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Xanthogaleruca maculicollis (Motschulsky, 1854)
- Xanthogaleruca nigromarginata (Jacoby, 1885)
- Xanthogaleruca orientalis (Ogloblin, 1936)
- Xanthogaleruca seminigra (Jacoby, 1885)
- Xanthogaleruca subaenea (Ogloblin, 1936)
- Xanthogaleruca subcoerulescens (Weise, 1884)
- Xanthogaleruca yuae Lee & Bezděk, 2021