Colaspis brunnea

Colaspis brunnea, the grape colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America.^[1][2][3] It mainly occurs in the eastern United States. It is a pest of crop such as corn and soybeans, but damage by it has not been documented as economically significant. It is univoltine, and overwinters in the soil as larvae.^[4]

Colaspis brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. brunnea
Binomial name
Colaspis brunnea (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
Colaspis flavida (Say, 1824) Eumolpus flavidus Say, 1824 Galleruca brunnea Fabricius, 1798

The adults are brown-colored (brunnea is Latin for brown) and are around 5 mm in length. The elytra have a series of parallel rows of "puncture" marks. The larvae are scarabaeiform grub with white-grey bodies and orange head capsules, and are between 5 and 6.5 mm long at the 10th instar.

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  Grape colaspis, Colaspis brunnea