Cryptocephalus cribripennis explained

Cryptocephalus cribripennis is a species leaf beetle found in Central America and North America.^{[1] [2] [3]} The specific epithet cribripennis refers to its large, sparse elytral punctures. ^{[4] [1]}

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
• Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cryptocephalus cribripennis Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-18.
2. Web site: Cryptocephalus cribripennis Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2018-01-18.
3. Web site: Cryptocephalus cribripennis Species Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-01-18.
4. LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American. Entomological Society 8: 163–218.