Colaspis pini

Colaspis pini, the pine colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle from North America.^[2][3][4][5] It is known to feed on pines in the southern United States, and is an occasional pest of Christmas trees.^[5] It was first described by the American entomologist Herbert Spencer Barber in 1937.

Colaspis pini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. pini
Binomial name
Colaspis pini Barber, 1937[1]

Colaspis pini resembles Colaspis brunnea (the grape colaspis), and is externally almost identical to Colaspis flavocostata but differs in the shape of the aedeagus.^[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Colaspis pini:^[1]

• Colaspis pini pini Barber, 1937 ^{i c g}
• Colaspis pini schotti Barber, 1937 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[4] b = Bugguide.net^[5]