The aim of our work is to catalogue host plant records of the leaf beetle subfamily
Cryptocephalinae at the global scale and use it as the foundation to analyse host plant …

The taxonomic circumscription of the large and diverse leaf beetle genus Chrysolina
Motschulsky is not clear, and its discrimination from the closely related genus Oreina …

Understanding the striking diversity of species in the subtribe Diabroticina (Chrysomelidae:
Galerucinae: Luperini) is complicated by a lack of ecological and behavioural observations …

Leaf beetles are serious pests, feeding on crops and destroying other economically
important plants. Leaf beetles are also important as biological control agents of noxious and …

Biodiversity assessment has been the focus of intense debate and conceptual and
methodological advances in recent years. The cultural, academic and aesthetic impulses to …

Though for a long time it was hypothesized that the extraordinary diversity of phytophagous
insects was better explained by a synchronous pattern of co-diversification with plants, the …

This study represents the first characterization of parasitoid guilds associated with
Neochlamisus leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a group for which minimal …

Abstract With 5,300 species, the Cryptocephalinae is the fourth largest subfamily of the
megadiverse Chrysomelidae beetles. This subfamily currently merges groups that were …

Chemical defence was investigated in eleven genera, 30 species, ofNeotropical leafbeetles.
Isoxazolinone glucosides esterified with 3-nitropropanoic acid were identified in the adult …

Flea beetles (Alticini) represent one of the most diverse groups within the family
Chrysomelidae and are associated with more than 100 different plant families …