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Asparagus beetle

genus of leaf beetles

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ1318310 ↗
Source-derived summary

Crioceris, or asparagus beetle, is a genus belonging to the family Chrysomelidae of beetles. The name is Neo-Latin from Greek κριός, ram and κέρας, horn.

Not all species in the genus Crioceris feed on asparagus (e.g., C. nigropicta). Some studies have found low genetic diversity among groups of isolated Chrysomelidae, and use Wolbachia species as a genetic marker.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Asparagus beetle” as genus of leaf beetles. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 58-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Asparagus, beetle and genus can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as genus of leaf beetles. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1318310. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Asparagus beetle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.