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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Serraticollini » Aulacothorax » Aulacothorax copalina

Species Aulacothorax copalina

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Aulacothorax copalina (Fabricius) - Aulacothorax copalina - male

Flea beetles - Aulacothorax copalina - male - female

identity unknown - Aulacothorax copalina

Chrysomelidae, dorsal - Aulacothorax copalina

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)

Tribe Serraticollini

Genus Aulacothorax

Species copalina (Aulacothorax copalina)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aulacothorax copalina (Fabricius)

Orig. Comb: Crioceris copalina Fabricius, 1801

Syn: Orthaltica copalina (Fabricius)

Explanation of Names

copal - blunt (1)

Identification

------- male ----- and ---- female -------

, can also be all black:

Dets. E. G. Riley

Range

e NA (TX-FL-QC-SD) - Map (2)(3)

Food

Asso. w/ Anacardiaceae, incl. Rhus spp. (4)

Reported feeding on poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Illinois Wildflowers

On poison ivy in abundance.

Print References

Bezděk J., Konstantinov A.S. (2017) Forgotten Aulacothorax Boheman, 1858, a Senior Synonym of Orthaltica Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Col. Bull. 71: 791-795. (BioOne)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Contributed by tom murray on 2 October, 2008 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Deczynski
Last updated 25 March, 2023 - 12:40pm

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