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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Luperini » Diabroticina » Section Diabroticites » Cucumber Beetles (Diabrotica) » Northern Corn Rootworm Beetle (Diabrotica barberi)

Species Diabrotica barberi - Northern Corn Rootworm Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Diabrotica (Cucumber Beetles)
Species barberi (Northern Corn Rootworm Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diabrotica longicornis barberi R. Smith & Lawrence
Explanation of Names
Diabrotica barberi R. Smith & Lawrence 1967
Size
4.8-5.6 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-GA to MB-CO-OK)(2)(1)
Food
host: Zea mays and other Poaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae(3)
See Also
Diabrotica virgifera zeae - Mexican corn rootworm
Range: OK to C. Amer.
Internet References
Fact sheet(1)
Works Cited
1.Derunkov et al. (2013) Diabrotica ID: Identification of Diabrotica species (Col.: Chrysomelidae) from North and Central America
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 January, 2006 - 9:08am
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 June, 2022 - 1:53am

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