Species Blepharida rhois - Sumac Flea Beetle

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Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois - male - female

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 Alticini (Flea Beetles)

Genus Blepharida

Species rhois (Sumac Flea Beetle)

Numbers

A single species occurs north of Mexico (1)

Size

6-7mm

Identification

A variable species:

Range

Occurs throughout the eastern United States and adjacent Canada to AZ and southern CA (1)

Food

Sumac (Rhus spp.)

Internet References

N. Dakota

Cedar Creek

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by tom murray on 21 December, 2005 - 5:29pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 February, 2009 - 10:51am

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