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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing leaf beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Capraita » Capraita sexmaculata

Species Capraita sexmaculata

Classification · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Capraita
Species sexmaculata (Capraita sexmaculata)
Numbers
There are 60 species of Capraita in North, Central and South America (1)
Sixteen spp. occur north of Mexico (2)
Range
Texas north to South Dakota, east to Massachusetts, south to Florida (2)
Season
April 25 to June 25 in Alabama based on 16 specimens (3)
Food
Apparently associated with Oleaceae. It has been recorded from Chionanthus virginicus, Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus berlandieriana, and Forestiera ligustrina (4)
Internet References
Texas Beetles
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.)
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
3.The leaf beetles of Alabama
By Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays
4.Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada
By Shawn M. Clark, Douglas G. LeDoux, Terry N. Seeno, Edward G. Riley, Arthur L. Gilbert, and James M. Sullivan. 2004.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 January, 2006 - 11:30pm
Last updated 25 January, 2006 - 8:51pm

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