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Species Systena gracilenta

Flea Beetle - Systena gracilenta Systena gracilenta Blake - Systena gracilenta Systena - Systena gracilenta Flea Beetles - Systena gracilenta Flea Beetles - Systena gracilenta Systena gracilenta Blake - Systena gracilenta Systena gracilenta Graceful Leaf Beetle - Systena gracilenta
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 Alticini (Flea Beetles)
Genus Systena
Species gracilenta (Systena gracilenta)
Explanation of Names
Systena gracilenta Blake 1933
Range
n. TX to Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)
Food
Collected from Baccharis spp., other Asteraceae and other plant families(4)
Remarks
Type Locality: Devils River, Texas
Print References
Blake D.H. (1933) Two new species of Systena, with notes on sexual differences in coloration. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 35(8): 180-183.
Internet References
Type - Smithsonian(5)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas)
Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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.
5.Smithsonian Department of Systematic Biology: Entomology