Chrysomeloidea

Chrysomeloidea
Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Clade: Phytophaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Latreille, 1802
Families

Cerambycidae - long-horned beetles
Chrysomelidae - leaf beetles
Disteniidae
Megalopodidae
Orsodacnidae
Oxypeltidae
Vesperidae

The Chrysomeloidea are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species. The largest families are Cerambycidae, long-horned beetles, with more than 35,000 species, and Chrysomelidae, leaf beetles, with more than 13,000 species.[1]

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