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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) » Eumolpinae » Typophorini » Section Typophorites » Typophorus » Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle (Typophorus nigritus)

Species Typophorus nigritus - Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Chrysochus cobaltinus? - Typophorus nigritus Hmm... - Typophorus nigritus Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius) - Typophorus nigritus Brachypnoea texana ?? - Typophorus nigritus Brachypnoea texana ?? - Typophorus nigritus Brachypnoea texana ?? - Typophorus nigritus Tiny Metallic Beetle - Typophorus nigritus Green Metallic Beetle - Typophorus nigritus
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 Eumolpinae
Tribe Typophorini
No Taxon (Section Typophorites)
Genus Typophorus
Species nigritus (Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Eumolpus nigritus Fabricius 1801
Often cited as T. viridicyaneus (Crotch) which is now considered a subspecies of T. nigritus (1)
Numbers
1 sp. (2 subspp.) n. of Mex. (2)
Range
e. US to NM (NM-FL-NJ-WI) / Mex. to S. Amer. - Map (2)(3)
Food
Asso. w/ Calystegia, Convolvulus, Ipomea (Convolvulaceae) (1)
Remarks
widely dist., but uncommonly encountered
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Boris Büche on 11 May, 2007 - 4:13am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 April, 2021 - 4:43pm

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