Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Metachroma labrale
escarabajo
Herbivore; littoral and arid zone; January–June, October, December; most frequently in littoral zone, on Heliotropium, sweeping vegetation, at lights; FIT, soil washing, on sedges in swale behind dunes at Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
Family
Chrysomelidae
Section
Typophorini
Genus
Metachroma
Species
labrale
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Caamaño, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Rábida, Santiago, Santa Cruz
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- Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
- Verdyck, P. Dhuyvetter, H., & Desender, K. (2004) Genetic differentiation and population structure in Metachroma labrale Blair, 1933, a Galápagos leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). Verdyck, P., Dhuyvetter, H., & Desender, K. (2004). Genetic differentiation and population structure in Metachroma labrale Blair, 1933, a Galápagos leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). In New Developments in the Biology of Chrysomelidae (pp. 131-136). Brill.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Metachroma labrale", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6624. Accessed 4 April 2026.