HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

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) » Oedionychis Genus Group » Kuschelina » Kuschelina gibbitarsa

Species Kuschelina gibbitarsa

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Works Cited

Beetle ID 032415 - Kuschelina gibbitarsa

glossy black Beetle on ground - black spots on red thorax - Kuschelina gibbitarsa

Just Barely Four Spots - Kuschelina gibbitarsa

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)

No Taxon (Oedionychis Genus Group)

Genus Kuschelina

Species gibbitarsa (Kuschelina gibbitarsa)

Other Common Names

Spotted Mint Flea beetle

Explanation of Names

Kuschelina gibbitarsa (Say 1824)

gibb (L). 'humped' (1)

Size

5.4-6.3 mm(2)

Identification

larger black thoracic spots and shinier elytra than K. thoracica

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2018

Range

e US (NY-FL to ND-TX) - Map (3)(4)(5), common but mostly abscent from the Gulf and s. Atlantic coastal plains

Habitat

Host plants predominantly found in wet areas

Food

hosts: mint spp. (Mentha), and germander spp. (Teucrium canadense, Teucrium cubense, Lamiaceae)(6)

See Also

Kuschelina thoracica (Fabricius) - hosts on Bluecurls (Trichostema)

- Range: e. US, uncommon outside of FL

Det. T. Murray, 2009

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Fauske G.M. (2003-2006) Common flea beetles of North Dakota

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	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.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 4 May, 2007 - 10:19am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 August, 2024 - 6:09pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version