Colaspis viriditincta Schaeffer 1920

Colaspis viriditincta Schaeffer

Colaspis brunnea var. viriditincta Schaeffer, 1919:329.

Colaspis viriditincta Schaeffer, 1933:468.

DESCRIPTION.—From 5–6 mm in length, oblong oval, head and prothorax and body beneath often aeneous green; elytra yellowish or reddish brown, frequently with aeneous luster to scutellum, punctures often aeneous, apex of femora, sometimes apices of tibiae and tarsal joints dark, elytral costae not much elevated except at apex, punctures large.

Head with interocular space more than half width of head, densely punctate throughout without definite outlines about clypeus, shining green except the reddish-brown labrum and mouthparts, anteriorly labrum widely and shallowly emarginate. Antennae with 5 basal joints pale, apical 5 or 6 tending to be dark. Prothorax convex with rounded sides, often somewhat angulate below middle, a small tooth at each corner, shining metallic green, densely but not coarsely punctate. Scutellum green. Elytra more than three times as long as prothorax and somewhat wider, convex, with evenly spaced but rather flat, except at apex, costae, intervals filled with coarse geminate punctures except in first row which is partially single; yellowish or reddish brown with punctures often aeneous, area about scutellum and down suture also often aeneous, margin either lavender or aeneous, epipleura pale. Body beneath with presternum and often breast and abdomen aeneous, apical sternite of abdomen pale. Legs pale with apex of femora and sometimes tip of tibiae and tarsal joints dark. Hind tibiae of male dilated at middle. Length 5–6 mm; width 2.4–3 mm.

TYPE.—In National Museum of Natural History.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Douglas, Arizona, F. H. Snow. Also collected there by W. W. Jones.

OTHER LOCALITIES—Arizona: Tempe; E. W. Walker; Nogales; Moznette; Tucson; Pima County.

Colaspis viriditincta is a species of leaf beetle from North America. It is distributed in Arizona and Mexico. It was first described by the American entomologist Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1919. The specific name, viriditincta, is derived from the Latin for "green-tinged".