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Phyllotreta
Photo#1202633
Copyright © 2016
Michael W. Palmer
Beetles mining (and wandering externally on) Lepidium oblongum -
Phyllotreta
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
March 22, 2016
Size: ranging from 2-4mm
Waste area by Center for International Trade Development. Looks a lot like Mantura.
Collection 1078.
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Contributed by
Michael W. Palmer
on 22 March, 2016 - 3:13pm
Last updated 23 March, 2016 - 10:26am
Shawn Clark says:
"Most of the species of
Phyllotreta
with immaculate elytra have not been taxonomically studied since the early 1900's, before genitalia were known to be critical for identifying species in the genus. Even so, based on externally visible characters (non-aedeagal characters), these specimens do not match well with the published descriptions of any of the species known to occur in North America. Most likely, the beetles belong to an undescribed species. However, extensive taxonomic research would be required to confirm this."
Not sure if Alex Konstantinov has worked on this genus at all, but it might be worth rearing some more and sending them his way.
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Charley Eiseman
, 29 December, 2016 - 11:55am
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Will try....
But I encounter the plant host, as weedy as it is, very infrequently. Nice to know it might be new.
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Michael W. Palmer
, 29 December, 2016 - 5:00pm
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They're here in 2017
I just found a reasonably good population of the host (though in a place likely to be herbicided by OSU groundkeepers). There are some early instar larvae mining leaves now. With luck, I can rear these - though I might need to locate more of the host population.
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Michael W. Palmer
, 24 March, 2017 - 3:17pm
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Moved
Moved from
Unidentified Leaf Mines
.
At least three
Phyllotreta
species mine leaves of
Lepidium
, but no leafminer has been reared from
L. oblongum
specifically. Like
Mantura
, these will want soil to burrow into when mature.
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Charley Eiseman
, 23 March, 2016 - 10:26am
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