Colaspis pini, the pine colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America.[2][3][4][5] It is known to feed on pines in the southern United States, and is an occasional pest of Christmas trees.[5] It was first described by the American entomologist Herbert Spencer Barber in 1937.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Colaspis |
| Species: | C. pini
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| Colaspis pini | |
Colaspis pini resembles Colaspis brunnea (the grape colaspis), and is externally almost identical to Colaspis flavocostata but differs in the shape of the aedeagus.[1]
Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Colaspis pini:[1]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Barber, H. S. (1937). "Some species of Colaspis from the brunnea confusion (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 38 (9): 198–204.
- ^ a b "Colaspis pini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ a b "Colaspis pini species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ a b "Colaspis pini". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ a b c "Colaspis pini Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.