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Texas Red-headed Chrysomela
Texas Red-headed Chrysomela
Chrysomela texana
Insecta
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

The Texas Red-headed Chrysomela is a medium-sized beetle, measuring 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Its body is green with a red head and black markings. This beetle is found in Central America and North America, and its larvae are leaf miners, eating the leaves of willow trees.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Chrysomela
Species
Chrysomela texana