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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) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Zygogramma » Zygogramma tortuosa

Species Zygogramma tortuosa

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Zygogramma
Species tortuosa (Zygogramma tortuosa)
Other Common Names
Ambrosia Leaf Beetle
Explanation of Names
Zygogramma tortuosa (Rogers 1856)
tortuosa = 'winding, twisting'
Range
sw US (CA to UT & w.TX), Mexico(1)
Food
feeds on ragweed (Ambrosia, Asteraceae)(2)
Print References
Goeden R.D., Ricker D.W. (1979) Life history of Zygogramma tortuosa Rogers on the ragweed, Ambrosia eriocentra (Gray) Payne, in southern California (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 55: 261-266.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.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 Boris Büche on 23 May, 2007 - 3:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2017 - 7:48am

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