Chrysomeloidea | |
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Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Clade: | Phytophaga |
Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 |
Families | |
Cerambycidae - long-horned beetles |
The Chrysomeloidea are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species. The largest families are Cerambycidae, long-horned beetles, with more than 35,000 species, and Chrysomelidae, leaf beetles, with more than 13,000 species.[1]