Calligrapha (Zygogramma) suturalis (Fabricius) Clark & Douglas & Cavan, 2024

Clark, Shawn M., Douglas, Hume B. & Cavan, Daniel J., 2024, Notes on Calligrapha Chevrolat (Subgenus Zygogramma Chevrolat) and Tritaenia Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2), pp. 281-295 : 286

Calligrapha (Zygogramma) suturalis (Fabricius) , new combination

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Chrysomela suturalis Fabricius 1775: 95 .

This species was originally named in Chrysomela Linnaeus, 1758 , but it was subsequently treated in Zygogramma . Gómez-Zurita (2015) returned it to Calligrapha , publishing the combination “ Calligrapha (Zygospila) suturalis ”. Chrysomela pulcra Fabricius, 1792 and Chrysomela casta Rogers, 1856 are synonyms of C. suturalis . This species has been reported from Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and it has been intentionally introduced into Eurasia (Hayward and Savage 1883; LeSage 1991; Majka et al. 2011; Riley et al. 2003; Staines and Staines 2009). Beyond this, we have examined specimens from Wyoming (CSUC). Riley et al. (2003) rightly doubted reported occurrences in Arizona and California. Hosts plants are species of Ambrosia ( Asteraceae ) ( Clark et al. 2004).

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Fig. 1. Dorsal habitus of Calligrapha (Zygogramma) and Tritaenia species. A) C. (Z.) arizonica, B) C. (Z.) conjuncta, C) C. (Z.) pallida, D) C. (Z.) continua, E) C. (Z.) disrupta, F) C. (Z.) estriata, G) C. (Z.) exclamationis, H) C. (Z.) heterothecae, I) C. (Z.) malvae, J) C. (Z.) opifera, K) C. (Z.) piceicollis, L) C. (Z.) signatipennis, M) C. (Z.) suturalis, N) C. (Z.) suturalis, O) C. (Z.) tortuosa, P) T.(Ithygramma) cognata, Q) T.(Tritaenia) quinquevirgata. Scale bars = 2 mm.