Neochlamisus

Neochlamisus
Adult Neochlamisus bebbianae on the host plant Salix bebbiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Fulcidacini
Genus: Neochlamisus
Karren, 1972
Species

17–18, see text

Synonyms

Arthrochlamys Ihering, 1904
Chlamys Knoch, 1801 (non Röding, 1798: preoccupied)

Larval fecal case
Larva removed from its fecal case

Neochlamisus is a genus of leaf beetles in the tribe Fulcidacini (the warty leaf beetles). They are members of the case-bearing leaf beetle group, the Camptosomata. Measuring 3–4 millimeters in length as adults, they are cryptic, superficially resembling caterpillar frass. Seventeen, sometimes 18 species are presently accepted in this genus, all of them occurring in North America (including Mexico; some were previously in the genus Chlamisus).[1]

  1. ^ Karren (1972), Chaboo et al. (2008)