Neogalerucella
A Leaf Beetle
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Neogalerucella
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Introduced
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
NOTES
Neogalerucella calmariensis and Neogalerucella pusilla were introduced for biocontrol of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).