genus

Aulacophora

Field notes

Aulacophora is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as pumpkin beetles; some species are pests of agricultural crops. The genus was named in 1836 by the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, in Dejean's Catalogue des Coléoptères. The name, from Ancient Greek, signifies "furrow-bearer"' from aulax, "furrow".

Children

Pumpkin Beetle present
Aulacophora nigripennis present
Aulacophora lewisii
Aulacophora hilaris

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided