Chrysolina lepida

Chrysolina lepida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chrysolina
Subgenus: Allochrysolina
Species:
C. lepida
Binomial name
Chrysolina lepida
(Olivier, 1807)
Synonyms
  • Chrysomela fuliginosa (Olivier, 1807)
  • Chrysomela opaca (Suffrian, 1853)

Chrysolina lepida is a species of beetle from Chrysomelidae family, that could be found in Iberian Peninsula, Southern France, Italy, and Northwest Africa.

Description

Both males and females are of the same length, but have different colour of legs. Females have orange, while males have black.

References

  1. 1 2 "Distribution and colour". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2012-02-22.