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Species Acalymma trivittatum - Western Striped Cucumber Beetle

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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 Luperini
Subtribe Diabroticina
No Taxon (Section Diabroticites)
Genus Acalymma (Cucumber Beetles)
Species trivittatum (Western Striped Cucumber Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Acalymma trivittatum (Mannerheim 1843)
Identification
black below
Range
w. US (WA-CA to UT-TX) to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2), mostly WA-CA-TX
Food
Both larvae and adults feed on Cucurbitaceae(3)
See Also
Acalymma blandulum (LeConte) - pale below
- Range: sw US, uncommon
Det. Ed Riley, 2009
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.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.