Timarcha
# Timarcha

Timarcha is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, with more than 100 described species in three subgenera. The most widely known species is T. tenebricosa, the bloody-nosed beetle. All species are black, wingless organisms. Timarcha are herbivorous species, living mostly on plants belonging to Rubiaceae and Plumbaginaceae, although a few can feed on Brassicaceae and Rosaceae. Timarcha is the only member of the tribe Timarchini.

## Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Timarcha:

* Timarcha affinis Laboissière, $1937^g$
* Timarcha cerdo Stål, $1863^{icg}$
* Timarcha cornuta Bechyné, $1944^g$
* Timarcha cyanescens Fairmaire, $1862^g$
* Timarcha coarcticollis Fairmaire, $1873^g$
* Timarcha daillei Laboissière, $1939^g$
* Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, $1758)^g$
* Timarcha insparsa
* Timarcha interstitialis Fairmaire, $1862^g$
* Timarcha intricata Haldeman, $1853^{icgb}$
* Timarcha italica Herrich-Schäffer, $1838^g$
* Timarcha lugens
* Timarcha marginicollis
* Timarcha maritima Perris, $1855^g$
* Timarcha metallica (Laicharting, $1781)^g$
* Timarcha monticola Dufour, $1851^g$
* Timarcha nicaeensis A.Villa & G.B.Villa, $1835^g$
* Timarcha obsoleta Laboissière, $1937^g$
* Timarcha recticollis Fairmaire, $1862^g$
* Timarcha sardea (Villa, $1835)^g$
* Timarcha sinuatocollis Fairmaire, $1862^g$
* Timarcha strangulata Fairmaire, $1862^g$
* Timarcha temperei Jeanne, $1965^g$
* Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, $1775)^g$ (Bloody-nosed beetle)

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

