Genus Diabrotica

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References

Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata

vivid spring-green leaf beetle - Diabrotica barberi

Little Green Beetle with black dots - Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata

beetle on pumpkin - Diabrotica undecimpunctata

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

Numbers

Nearctica lists seven species.

Identification

A key to North American species and subspecies is found here:

Range

Cucumber beetles are native insects and occur throughout the United States from Canada to Mexico. They are most abundant and destructive in the southern range and are usually not a problem in sandy soil.

Internet References

Virginia Tech

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche
Last updated 29 May, 2007 - 4:30am

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