Chrysomela vesperalis Scudder 1900 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148

Belongs to Chrysomela according to H. F. Wickham 1914

See also Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Chrysomela calami, Chrysomela ceresti, Chrysomela debilis, Chrysomela hilberi, Chrysomela lichenis, Chrysomela matheroni, Chrysomela micropunctata, Chrysomela populi, Chrysomela punctigera, Chrysomela rudeli, Chrysomela succini, Chrysomela titana, Lina wetteravica, Lina populeti, Lina sociata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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