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Altica guatemalensis
Species
Altica guatemalensis
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
guatemalensis
(Altica guatemalensis)
Explanation of Names
Altica guatemalensis
Jacoby 1884
Range
w. US (CA-NM, WA) to C. Amer.
(
1
)
Food
Hosts are species of alder (
Alnus
, Betulaceae), including
A. oblongifolia
(
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
margarethe brummermann
on 12 October, 2018 - 12:46pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2019 - 4:31pm