Xanthogaleruca Explained

Xanthogaleruca is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.^[1] These elm leaf beetles are pests that feed on ornamental plants until they are stripped of their leaves entirely.^[2]

Species

The genus includes the following species:^{[3] [4]}

• Xanthogaleruca aenescens (Fairmaire, 1878)
• Xanthogaleruca flavescens (Weise, 1887)
• Xanthogaleruca luteola (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Xanthogaleruca maculicollis (Motschulsky, 1854)
• Xanthogaleruca nigromarginata (Jacoby, 1885)
• Xanthogaleruca orientalis (Ogloblin, 1936)
• Xanthogaleruca seminigra (Jacoby, 1885)
• Xanthogaleruca subaenea (Ogloblin, 1936)
• Xanthogaleruca subcoerulescens (Weise, 1884)
• Xanthogaleruca yuae Lee & Bezděk, 2021

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id11882/ Biolib
2. 10.1139/x11-137 . Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41. 12. 2259–2266. 2011. Chiffelle. Italo. Huerta. Amanda. Jiménez. Rodrigo. Araya. Jaime E.. Proximal analysis and toxicity of extracts from young and mature leaves of the boldo tree (Peumus boldus) on elm leaf beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola).
3. Book: Beenen, R.. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA455. 443–491. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. Stenstrup, Denmark. 978-87-88757-84-2.
4. Lee. C.-F.. Bezděk. J.. 2021. Revision of the genera Xanthogaleruca Laboissière, 1932 and Pyrrhalta Joannis, 1865 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) of Taiwan, with type designation of Galerucella lineatipes Takei. ZooKeys. 1039. 1–108. 10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740. 34084064. 8159918. free. 2021ZooK.1039....1L .