| Pyrrhalta viburni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhalta |
| Species: | P. vibruni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull, 1799) |
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Pyrrhalta viburni is a species of leaf beetle native to Europe and Asia, commonly known as the viburnum leaf beetle. Introduced to North America in 1947, it can "skeletonize" Viburnum bushes, eventually killing them.[1] In England the Royal Horticultural Society has named Pyrrhalta viburni as the country's "number one pest species".[2]