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Species Diabrotica balteata - Banded Cucumber Beetle

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing leaf beetles)
Tribe Luperini
Genus Diabrotica
Species balteata (Banded Cucumber Beetle)
Range
Southern U.S. and Central America
Season
Year round in Texas.
Food
Larva eat roots, and adults eat the rest of the plant parts.
Internet References
Texas Beetle Information
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 4 April, 2005 - 8:14am
Additional contributions by tom murray, Ron M.
Last updated 5 November, 2008 - 10:38pm

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