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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) » Chrysomelinae » Leptinotarsa

Genus Leptinotarsa

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
False Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta Kerria Chrysomelid - on my thumb - Leptinotarsa texana ID me please - Leptinotarsa juncta Colorado Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa decemlineata Calligrapha? - Leptinotarsa lineolata beetle eating Datura - Leptinotarsa haldemani unknown orange beetle - Leptinotarsa rubiginosa Colorado Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa decemlineata
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 Leptinotarsa
Other Common Names
Potato Beetles (but note, not all spp. host on Solanaceous plants (1)
Numbers
Number of Leptinotarsa north of Mex.
12 spp. per Riley et al. (2003) (2)
11 spp. per Nearctica
at least 10 spp. per Arnett et al. (2000) (3)
9 spp per Jacques (1988) (with 41 known species of the world). (4)
Range
Most occur in the southwestern U.S. (3)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
4.The Potato Beetles: The Genus Leptinotarsa in North America (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
By Richard L. Jacques
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 March, 2009 - 11:47am

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