Editing Chrysomeloidea (section)

==Overview==
The Chrysomeloidea, like all other Phytophaga, typically have the fourth tarsal segment reduced and hidden by the third segment. Several species in these two families are important plant pests. The [[spotted cucumber beetle]] is a serious pest of vegetables and is a very common insect on all sorts of flowers. The [[Colorado potato beetle]], ''Leptinotarsa decemlineata'', attacks [[potato]]es and other members of the [[Solanaceae]]. The [[Asian long-horned beetle]] is a serious pest of trees where it has been introduced. {{source needed|reason=This paragraph needs references to reliable sources.|date=October 2019}}. It seems almost evident that during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous the Chrysomelidae were pollen feeders and then they became external and later on internal feeders on or in leaves, buds, twigs and roots.<ref>{{Citation|last=Jolivet|first=Pierre|title=Food Habits and Food Selection of Chrysomelidae. Bionomic and Evolutionary Perspectives|date=1988|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_1|work=Biology of Chrysomelidae|pages=1–24|editor-last=Jolivet|editor-first=P.|series=Series Entomologica|place=Dordrecht|publisher=Springer Netherlands|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_1|isbn=978-94-009-3105-3|access-date=2020-10-17|editor2-last=Petitpierre|editor2-first=E.|editor3-last=Hsiao|editor3-first=T. H.}}</ref>

Some authorities in the past have suggested removing the [[Cerambycidae]] and related families ([[Disteniidae]], [[Oxypeltidae]], and [[Vesperidae]]) from Chrysomeloidea to create a separate superfamily "Cerambycoidea" (e.g.,<ref>{{cite journal |author-link=Petr Švácha |first1=P. |last1=Švácha |first2=M.L. |last2=Danilevsky |year=1990 |title=Cerambycoid larvae of Europe and Soviet Union (Coleoptera Cerambycoidea). Part I. |journal=Entomologia Generalis |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=202}}</ref>), but in the absence of evidence to support the [[monophyletic|monophyly]] of the resulting groups, this proposal has not been widely accepted by the scientific community.<ref name=Nie2020/><ref name=Bouchard2011/><ref name=itis/><ref name=bugguide/>