Baliosus californicus is a species of tortoise beetle or hispine in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][4] The Baliosus Californicus is a leaf-mining, chrysomelid beetle with adult like eating habits.[5]
| Baliosus californicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Baliosus |
| Species: | B. californicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Baliosus californicus (Horn, 1883)
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References
edit- ^ "Baliosus californicus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Baliosus californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology.
- ^ Staines C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ Eiseman, C. S. (2014). "New Host Records and Other Notes on North American Leaf-Mining Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (3): 351–359. doi:10.1649/072.068.0302.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.