Chrysomela
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chrysomela
Name
Chrysomela laurentia Brown, 1956** – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1890°N, 67.6766°W, 1.VIII.2004, V. Webster & R. Webster, river margin, sweeping foliage (1, RWC); same locality but 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 8.VI.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, floodplain forest, sweeping (1, RWC); same locality data, 25.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, forest near river margin, beating foliage of Salix sp. (1, RWC). York Co., 1.5 km S of Taymouth, 46.1582°N, 66.6134°W, 15.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, Nashwaak River, on sand bar, on Salix sp. foliage (2, RWC). Saint John Co., Saint John, 9.VI.1901, W. McIntosh (1, NBM); Saint John, VII.1901, W. McIntosh (1, NBM).
Collection and habitat data
The main host plants of Chrysolina laurentia are Salix sp., with known preferences for Salix discolor Mühl., Salix interior Mühl, Salix lucida Mühl., and Salix petiolaris J.E. Smith (LeSage 1996[1]), but poplars (Populus sp.) are also accepted (Brown 1956[2]). In New Brunswick, this species was collected by beating foliage of Salix or sweeping foliage along river margins. Adults were collected during June and August.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
NT, AB, ON, QC, NB (LeSage 1991[3]).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; LeSage, L; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae ZooKeys, 179: 321-348. doi
Other References
- ↑ LeSage L (1996) Synchronized pupation in Chrysomela laurentia Brown (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). In: Jolivet P Cox M (Eds). , Chrysomelidae Biology, Vol 2: Ecological studies. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam: 427-432.
- ↑ Brown W (1956) The New World species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Canadian Entomologist 88 (Suppl. 3): 1–54. doi: 10.4039/entm8803fv
- ↑ LeSage L (1991) Family Chrysomelidae: leaf beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed). Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario: 301-323.
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