Species Fidia viticida - Grape Rootworm

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

2008-05-31 Grape Rootworm Beetle - Fidia viticida

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 Eumolpinae

Genus Fidia

Species viticida (Grape Rootworm )

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Riley et al. (2003) use two full pages of text to sort out the taxonomy of Fidia and its various species... (1)

Explanation of Names

viticida

vit, -i i Latin for a vine; a winding

=cide is Latin for kill (2)

Numbers

6 spp north of Mexico, plus additional undescribed spp. in our region (3)

Identification

Specimen determined by E.G. Riley:

Range

Ont. / TX to FL to NY to SD (1)

Food

Host are Vitaceae (4)

Life Cycle

Larvae damage the plant's roots (3)

Internet References

Factsheet - Cornell

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

3.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

4.	Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada By Shawn M. Clark, Douglas G. LeDoux, Terry N. Seeno, Edward G. Riley, Arthur L. Gilbert, and James M. Sullivan. 2004.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 July, 2008 - 9:29am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 21 February, 2009 - 8:56pm

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