Xanthogaleruca

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]

Xanthogaleruca
Xanthogaleruca luteola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Galerucini
Genus:	Xanthogaleruca Laboissière, 1934

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

References

1. Biolib
2. Chiffelle, Italo; Huerta, Amanda; Jiménez, Rodrigo; Araya, Jaime E. (2011). "Proximal analysis and toxicity of extracts from young and mature leaves of the boldo tree (Peumus boldus) on elm leaf beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola)". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41 (12): 2259–2266. doi:10.1139/x11-137.
3. Beenen, R. (2010). "Galerucinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 443–491. ISBN 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. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1039....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740. PMC 8159918. PMID 34084064.