Asparagus Beetle
Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae)

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• Europe: Germany, Italy, Netherlands
• North America: Canada, USA

• Primary host: Asparagus officinalis (asparagus)

• Arnett RH, 1985. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. New York, USA: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
• Crop Protection Compendium, CABI, ISSN 1478-7040 (Online), ISSN 1365-9065 (CD-ROM)
• Day, ER and Kuhar, T. Asparagus Beetles, Coleoptera: Chrysomelidea, Crioceris asparagi (L.) and Crioceris duodecimpunctata (L.), Virginia Cooperative Extension Entomology Publication 444-620 Revised 2003. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia State University.
• Schmitt, M. (1988). The Criocerinae: biology, phylogeny and evolution. In “Biology of Chrysomelidae” (Jolivet, P., Petitpierre, E and Hsiao, T.H. Eds), pp 475-495. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
• Taylor, R. G., and D. G. Harcourt. 1978. Effects of temperature on developmental rate of the immature stages of Crioceris asparagi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Can. Ent. 110: 57-62
• Van Alphen, JJM (1980). Aspects of the foraging behavior of Tetrastichus asparagi Crawford and Tetrastichus spec (Eulophidae), gregarious egg parasitoids of the asparagus beetles Crioceris asparagi L and Crioceris duodecimpunctata L (Chrysomelidae).1. host-species selection, host-stage selection and host discrimination. Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 30: 307-325
• Van Alphen, JJM & Boer, H (1980). Avoidance of scramble competition between larvae of the spotted asparagus beetle, Crioceris duodecimpunctata L (Chrysomelidae) by siscrimination between unoccupied and occupied asparagus berries. Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 30: 136-143
• White, R. E. 1993. Revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America, north of Mexico. USDA-ARS Tech Bull. 1805:158

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