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Ragweed leaf beetle

Ophraella communa LeSage, 1986

Status not recordedbeetles

The ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa) is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the ragweed 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 ragweed leaf beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ragweed leaf beetle as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Italy
  2. Japan

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 ragweed 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 ragweed leaf beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyChrysomelidae
  6. genusOphraella
  7. SpeciesOphraella communa LeSage, 1986
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Ambrosia-BlattkäferGerman
  • chrysomèle de l'ambroisieFrench
  • parlagfű-olajosbogárHungarian
  • ブタクサハムシJapanese
  • 돼지풀잎벌레Korean
  • ambrozijev lepenecSlovenian
  • 豬草條紋螢金花蟲Chinese
  • Chrysomèle rayée de l'herbe-à-pouxFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ragweed leaf beetle

Other species in the same genus Ophraella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the ragweed leaf beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ragweed leaf beetle as introduced in 2 countries: Italy and Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the ragweed leaf beetle?

The ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa) 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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BibTeX
@misc{ragweed_leaf_beetle_2026,
  title = {Ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ragweed-leaf-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}