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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Chrysomelidae Sub Family   Criocerinae Description   a sub-family of the Chrysomelidae Background to Family   Eight metallic, or otherwise brightly coloured, beetles feeding externally on foliage. Lema cyanella and Oulema spp. feed on thistles (Asteraceae) and grasses (including cereals), respectively. The economic pests Lilioceris lilii and Crioceris asparagi feed on lilies (Liliaceae) and asparagus (Asparagus officinalis), respectively.     © Roger Key No. taxa in DBIF   _ No. interactions   _ % interactions with British data   _ No. records   _ % taxa with British data   _ Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, or for misspellings. New material added from Cox, 2007 (Atlas of the seed and leaf beetles of Britain and Ireland. Pisces Publications, UK).; ; Notes on Sources   Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level Most recent source   2007 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:115 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:90 Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:267 Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:268 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:113 Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:269 Source   Guslits, I.S. & Zubkov, A.F.(1982) Ent. Obozr. 59 1-12:1 Source   Batra, S.(1984) Environ. Entomol. 13 1113-1124:1114 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:84 Source   Cox, M.L. (2007) Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:270 Source   Allen, A.A.(1976) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 88 220-225:220 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :4 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :138 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :8 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :142 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :7 Source   Peschken, D.P. & Johnson, G.R.(1979) Can. Ent. (Entomol.) 111 1059-1068:1059 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:95 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:112 Source   Cox (2001b) Source   Rosenthal, S.S. & Buckingham, G.R.(1982) Hilgardia 50:2 1-19:16 Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:271 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:96 Source   Hansen (1964)