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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) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Chaetocnema » Toothed Flea Beetle (Chaetocnema denticulata)

Species Chaetocnema denticulata - Toothed Flea Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Chaetocnema denticulata - female Flea Beetle ? - Chaetocnema denticulata - male Flea Beetle ? - Chaetocnema denticulata Chaetocnema denticulata (Illiger) - Chaetocnema denticulata Chaetocnema denticulata (Illiger) - Chaetocnema denticulata Chaetocnema denticulata (Illiger) - Chaetocnema denticulata
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 Chaetocnema
Species denticulata (Toothed Flea Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chaetocnema denticulata (Illiger)
Orig. Comb: Haltica denticulata Illiger 1807
Range
widely dist. (CA-FL-QC-WA) (1)
Food
on corn & other grasses(2)
Remarks
commercial pest(3)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
3.Chaetocnema flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Alticini) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., LeSage L. 2010. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 6: 34-38.
Contributed by ADeczynski on 26 May, 2012 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 November, 2014 - 4:34pm

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