Leaf Beetles Feeding
on Willows (Salix spp.)

Leaf Beetle Species
Altica bimarginata*
Altica foliacea
(Apple Flea Beetle)
Altica subplicata*
Calligrapha multipunctata*
(Common Willow Calligrapha)
Calligrapha scalaris
(Elm Calligrapha)
Chrysomela interrupta
(Willow Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomela knabi*
(American Willow Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomela scripta
(Cottonwood Leaf Beetle)
Crepidodera browni
Crepidodera decora
Crepidodera digna
Crepidodera longula
Crepidodera luminosa
Crepidodera sculpturata*
Crepdiodera solita*
Cryptocephalus leuteolus
Disonycha alternata
(Striped Willow Flea Beetle)
Disonycha pensylvanica**
(Striped Flea Beetle)
Disonycha pluriligata
Gonioctena notmani
Metachroma angustulum
Pachybrachis bivittatus
Paria quadriguttata
Plagiodera versicolora
(Imported Willow Leaf Beetle)
Tricholochmaea decora*
Tricholochmaea tuberculata*
Zeugophora puberula
Zeugophora scutellaris

*observed on Salix rigida (Heart-Leaved Willow)
**feeds on buds early in the spring.


Note: All beetle species are in the Chrysomelidae.

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