Genus Altica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited

Small black beetle on buckwheat - Altica

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 Altica

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Geoffroy 1762

Numbers

~70 desc. spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

Mostly northern and western in distribution (1)

Food

Feeds on at least 10 plant families (1)

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 john and jane balaban on 27 December, 2005 - 9:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, John Pearson
Last updated 7 February, 2010 - 4:24pm

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