Palaearctic leaf beetle Chrysolinafastuosa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) new to North America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The univoltine leaf beetle Chrysolinafastuosa (Scopoli, 1763) is native to in the Palearctic Region from eastern Siberia to western Europe.

New information

First North American records are presented for C.fastuosa (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae), as confirmed by vouchered specimens from Canada: Nova Scotia. Additional citizen science records from USA: Vermont are also discussed. Diagnostic information is presented to distinguish C.fastuosa from other North American Chrysomelidae and a species distribution model to assess its potential spread in North America is presented. This insect is expected to cause some feeding damage to above-ground parts of ornamental and invasive Lamiaceae, especially species of Galeopsis

SUBMITTER: Douglas HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354796 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature