Oulema melanopa

Taxonomic position
▼ Oulema (genus) ▼ Chrysomelidae ▼ Chrysomeloidea ▼ Coleoptera ▼ Insect pests (plants/storage) ► Pests-diseases-weeds

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Oulema melanopa (Linnaeus, 1758) - cereal leaf beetle
feeds on the leaves of cereals like wheat, barley, rye, oats and sometimes maize. It has been reported from North America since 1962.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

Synonyms:
Lema melanopa

Vernacular names
• Deutsch:	Buntes Getreidehähnchen
• English:	cereal leaf beetle
• Español:	babosilla del trigo
• Français:	criocère des céréales

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