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Genus Luperaltica

Galer - Luperaltica nigripalpis - male Galer - Luperaltica nigripalpis - male Luperaltica senilis or nigrapalpis? - Luperaltica Luperaltica? - Luperaltica Luperaltica nigripalpis? - Luperaltica Leaf beetle on teasel - Luperaltica Glyptina sp - Luperaltica Beetle - Luperaltica
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)
Genus Luperaltica
Explanation of Names
Luperaltica Crotch 1873
Numbers
4 spp., all in our area (several Mexican spp. currently placed in other genera should be moved here)(1)
Range
2 spp. widespread in the e. half of the US, two more restricted to w. TX(1)
Season
Jul-Oct (BG data)
Food
in e. US, adults feed on pollen of summer- and fall-blooming Asteraceae(1)
Print References
key to Luperaltica species (2)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.New species of Galerucinae and Alticinae with notes on other species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
J. A. Wilcox. 1953. The Ohio Journal of Science 53(1): 51-58.
Contributed by v belov on 22 May, 2009 - 7:15am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Edward Ruden
Last updated 4 March, 2021 - 9:25am

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