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Frog-legged leaf beetle

Sagra femorata (Drury, 1773)

Status not recordedbeetles

The frog-legged leaf beetle (Sagra femorata) is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the frog-legged leaf beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the frog-legged leaf beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the frog-legged leaf beetle as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Japaninvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the frog-legged leaf beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the frog-legged leaf beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyChrysomelidae
  6. genusSagra
  7. SpeciesSagra femorata (Drury, 1773)

Synonyms Sagra purpurea

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Chrysomèle grenouilleFrench
  • コガネハムシJapanese
  • 다색캥거루잎벌레Korean
  • Stonka żabinogaPolish
  • ด้วงเต่าขาโตThai
  • 紫莖甲 (琉璃粗腿金花蟲)Chinese
  • オオモモブトハムシJapanese
  • フェモラータオオモモブトハムシJapanese
  • フェモラータモモブトハムシJapanese
  • 사그라알통다리잎벌레Korean
  • 琉璃粗腿金花蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the frog-legged leaf beetle

Other species in the same genus Sagra.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the frog-legged leaf beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the frog-legged leaf beetle as invasive in 1 country: Japan. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the frog-legged leaf beetle?

The frog-legged leaf beetle (Sagra femorata) belongs to the family Chrysomelidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Frog-legged leaf beetle (Sagra femorata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/frog-legged-leaf-beetle

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BibTeX
@misc{frog_legged_leaf_beetle_2026,
  title = {Frog-legged leaf beetle (Sagra femorata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/frog-legged-leaf-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}