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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) » Luperini » Diabrotica » Northern Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica barberi)

Species Diabrotica barberi - Northern Corn Rootworm

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Northern Corn Rootworm, D. barberi - Diabrotica barberi Beetle - Diabrotica barberi Northern Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica barberi Green insect for ID - Diabrotica barberi Green insect for ID - Diabrotica barberi Northern Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica barberi - Diabrotica barberi Northern Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica barberi - Diabrotica barberi Northern Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica barberi
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 Luperini
Genus Diabrotica
Species barberi (Northern Corn Rootworm)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Initially described as a subspecies of D. longicornis:
Diabrotica longicornis barberi R. Smith & Lawrence 1967
Numbers
8 spp in genus north of Mex. (1)
Range
CO to GA to ME to ND and adjacent parts of Can. (1)
Food
Pest on Zea maysL. (Poaceae) (2)
See Also
Diabrotica longicornis Say 1824
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
2.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 14 January, 2006 - 9:08am
Last updated 23 February, 2009 - 9:24am

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