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Species Trirhabda adela

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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 Galerucini
No Taxon (Section Coelomerites)
Genus Trirhabda
Species adela (Trirhabda adela)
Explanation of Names
Trirhabda adela Blake 1931
Size
6‒10 mm(1)
Range
ON‒SK, e. half of the US and across so.US(2)
Food
Host: Helianthus tuberosus(2)
See Also
T. canadensis has a smaller, squared black spot on the head:
Print References
Bingman W.K. (1942) The biology of Trirhabda adela Blake (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). MS thesis. UIUC, 66 pp.
Works Cited
1.A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
John A. Wilcox. 1965. New York State Museum and Science Service.
2.Phylogeny and host plant association in the leaf beetle genus Trirhabda LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Swigoňová Z., Kjer K.M. 2004. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 32: 358‒374.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 27 January, 2008 - 3:21am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 13 February, 2024 - 1:36pm

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