Species Acalymma vittatum - Striped Cucumber Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma vittatum

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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 Acalymma

Species vittatum (Striped Cucumber Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acalymma vittata (aberrant, probably incorrect spelling)

Numbers

6 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

Eastern NoAm west to the Rocky Mtns (1)

Internet References

pinned adult image (Insects of Cedar Creek, U. of Minnesota)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

Contributed by Tony-2 on 15 September, 2006 - 7:21am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 1:46pm

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