Baliosus californicus

Baliosus californicus is a species of tortoise beetle or hispine in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][4] The Baliosus Californicus is a leaf-mining, chrysomelid beetle with adult like eating habits.[5]

Baliosus californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Baliosus
Species:
B. californicus
Binomial name
Baliosus californicus
(Horn, 1883)

References

  1. "Baliosus californicus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Baliosus californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology.
  4. Staines C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution.
  5. Eiseman, C. S. (2014). "New Host Records and Other Notes on North American Leaf-Mining Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (3): 351–359. doi:10.1649/072.068.0302.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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