Species Zygogramma suturalis - Ragweed Leaf Beetle

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References

brown-striped leaf beetle - Zygogramma suturalis

Calligrapha californica? - Zygogramma suturalis

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 Chrysomelinae

Genus Zygogramma

Species suturalis (Ragweed Leaf Beetle)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 14 species of Zygogramma.

Reports from N.D. MA. Penn.

Food

Ragweed

Remarks

In 1978, this type of beetle was introduced to Russia in order to control ragweed. Since that time it has been determined that the introduction could be considered a failure, as suturalis does not really influence the amount of ragweed in a crop rotation.

Internet References

Experimental Entomology (Russia)

European Journal of Entomology

Cornell College

Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 6:31pm

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