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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) » Altica Genus Group » Altica » Altica kalmiae

Species Altica kalmiae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Works Cited
Chrysomelid larva - Altica kalmiae Altica(?) mating on Rhododendron maximum - Altica kalmiae - male - female Flea beetle on Kalmia latifolia - Altica kalmiae leaf beetle - Altica kalmiae Altica? several found on Kalmia latifolia, Mountain Laurel - Altica kalmiae Altica? several found on Kalmia latifolia, Mountain Laurel - Altica kalmiae beetle - Altica kalmiae Altica kalmiae
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 (Altica Genus Group)
Genus Altica
Species kalmiae (Altica kalmiae)
Explanation of Names
Altica kalmiae (Melsheimer 1847)
Range
e NA (NF-QC-OH to GA-AL)(1)
Food
Kalmia spp., Rhododendron maximum (Ericaceae)(2)
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 Charley Eiseman on 23 February, 2016 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2019 - 8:54am

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