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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) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Oedionychis Genus Group » Kuschelina » Kuschelina laeta

Species Kuschelina laeta

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Oedionychis Genus Group)
Genus Kuschelina
Species laeta (Kuschelina laeta)
Other Common Names
Pleasing Flea Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Kuschelina laeta (Perbosc)
Orig. Comb: Altica laeta Perbosc 1839
Syn: Oedionychis interjectionis Crotch 1873
Explanation of Names
laeta (L). 'gay, pleasing' (1)
Numbers
28 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013
White spots occasionally connected by pale lines within each elytron:
Range
TX-GA / s. to C. Amer. - Map (3)(4)(5), mostly: n. to southmost TX
Season
Jan-Nov (5)
Food
Euphorbiaceae and Verbenaceae (6)
Print References
Blake, D.H. 1927. A Revision of the Beetles of the genus Oedionychis occurring in America North of Mexico. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 70(23): 1-44.
Blake, D.H. 1954. Chrysomelid Beetles of the Oedionychus miniatus Complex. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 56: 139-147.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2006
Crotch's Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
4.Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas)
Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
6.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 Mike Quinn on 27 February, 2009 - 3:21pm
Last updated 3 April, 2024 - 1:06pm

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