Definition of Chrysomelidae

1. Noun. Leaf beetles.

Exact synonyms: Family Chrysomelidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Chrysomelid, Leaf Beetle, Genus Leptinotarsa, Leptinotarsa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysomelidae

Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Chrysemys
Chrysemys picta
Chrysippan
Chrysler
Chryslers
Chrysobalanus
Chrysobalanus icaco
Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloris
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Chrysolophus
Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysomelidae (current term)
Chrysomyia
Chrysophrys
Chrysophrys auratus
Chrysophrys australis
Chrysophyceae
Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum cainito
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Chrysophyta
Chrysopidae
Chrysops
Chrysopsis
Chrysopsis mariana
Chrysopsis villosa

Literary usage of Chrysomelidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"On the other hand, it is so closely connected with Chrysomelidae that it is not possible to indicate good characters to distinguish the two at present. ..."

2. British Entomology: Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by John Curtis by John Curtis (1840)
"498 of types of form, both genera would associate with the Chrysomelidae; but until the ... Chrysomelidae ..."

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