Biology:Neogalerucella calmariensis

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Short description: Species of beetle

Neogalerucella calmariensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Galerucini
Genus: Neogalerucella
Species:
N. calmariensis
Binomial name
Neogalerucella calmariensis
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Neogalerucella calmariensis, the black-margined loosestrife beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China).[1][2] It was introduced in North America to combat the purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, and it has spread to a number of states.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14933977 entry