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cow parsley leaf beetle

Chrysolina oricalcia

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 187, February 138, March 216, April 340, May 491, June 535, July 572, August 492, September 361, October 270, November 147, December 115.
United States3,866
Alaska3,866
United Kingdom384
England380
Denmark138
Germany120
France46
Netherlands42
Midtjylland39
Syddanmark34

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

Sources

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