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Genus Phyllotreta

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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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)

Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)

Genus Phyllotreta

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

nearctic fauna under revision

Explanation of Names

Phyllotreta Chevrolat in Dejean 1836

Numbers

~50 spp. in our area, ~150 total(1)

Identification

Nearctic species in (2); partly revised in (3)

Range

worldwide (esp. in north temperate areas) & across NA(1)

Food

hosts in our area: Brassicaceae, Capparaceae(1)

Remarks

species not yet in guide:

P. aerea Allard, 1859 [European, introduced in the NE]

P. alberta Chittenden, 1927 - AB

P. arcuata Smith, 1985 - CA

P. attenuata Smith, 1985 - CO, MO, SD

P. bisinuata Smith, 1985 - CA

P. decipiens Horn, 1889 - BC - CA; ID - CO/UT

P. dolichophalla Smith, 1985 - CA

P. emarginata Smith, 1985 - OR/CA

P. fulgida Chittenden, 1927 - OR - CA; MT - AZ

P. herbacea Chittenden, 1927 - CO

P. inconspicua Chittenden, 1927 - MB - WA; ID, WY

P. inordinata Chittenden, 1927 - AZ - TX

P. laticornis Chittenden, 1927 - AZ

P. lepidula (LeConte, 1857) - OR/CA

P. lindahli Dury, 1806 - OH

P. oblonga Chittenden, 1927 - northern/montane, w to AB/YT

P. obtusa Chittenden, 1927 - CO

P. oregonensis (Crotch, 1873) - widespread western

P. ovalis (Blatchley, 1921) - IN, WV

P. perspicua Chittenden, 1927 - OR

P. polita Chittenden, 1927 - OR, UT

P. prasina Chittenden, 1927 - CA - TX

P. ramosoides Smith, 1985 - NT - ID/OR

P. spatulata Smith, 1985 - CA

P. subnitida Chittenden, 1927 - CA, NV, NM

P. transversovalis Chittenden, 1927 - UT

P. ulkei Horn, 1889 - OH

P. utana Chittenden, 1920 - BC - CA / MT - UT

P. utanula Smith, 1985 - BC - NV / UT

P. viridicyanea Chittenden, 1927 - CA

species of the banded type: all by Smith, 1985, plus

decipiens, lepidula, oblonga, oregonensis, utana (revised taxa)

alberta, obtusa, perspicua (incertae sedis)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	The species of Phyllotreta north of Mexico Chittenden, F. H. 1927. Entomologica Americana, N.S. 8: 1 - 63.

3.	Revision of the genus Phyllotreta Chevrolat of America north of Mexico. Part I. The maculate species Smith, Eric H. 1985. Field Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by Richard Leung on 13 April, 2005 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, ceiseman, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 4 January, 2026 - 1:54pm

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