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brown leaf beetle

Chrysolina staphylaea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 184, February 136, March 213, April 335, May 483, June 527, July 564, August 485, September 356, October 266, November 145, December 113.
United States3,807
Alaska3,807
Russia235
Finland153
United Kingdom62
Moscow Oblast54
England43
Moscow43
Lithuania41
Pirkanmaa40

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusChrysolina

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