Asparagus beetle

Crioceris, or asparagus beetle, is a genus belonging to the family Chrysomelidae of beetles. The name is Neo-Latin from Greek κριός, ram and κέρας, horn. ^[2] Not all species in the genus Crioceris feed on asparagus (e.g., C. nigropicta). Some studies have found low genetic diversity among groups of isolated Chrysomelidae, and use Wolbachia species as a genetic marker.^[3]

Asparagus beetle
Crioceris asparagi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Criocerini
Genus:	Crioceris Geoffroy, 1762 [1]
Species
Crioceris asparagi Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata

Species

• Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus, 1758), common asparagus beetle^[4]
• Crioceris bicruciata (Sahlberg, 1823)^[4]
• Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), spotted asparagus beetle^[5]
• Crioceris macilenta Weise, 1880
• Crioceris nigropunctata Lacordaire, 1845
• Crioceris paracenthesis (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata (Scopoli, 1763)
• Crioceris quinquepunctata (Scopoli, 1763)^[5]

• 
  C. asparagi
• 
  C. macilenta
• 
  C. duodecimpunctata
• 
  C. quatordecimpunctata
• 
  C. quinquepunctata
• 
  C. paracenthesis