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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) » Galerucini » Section Schematizites » Ophraella » Ophraella conferta

Species Ophraella conferta

larva and imago, Ophraella conferta - Ophraella conferta

Beetle - green with black stripes on leaf - Ophraella conferta

Chrysomelidae, dorsal - Ophraella conferta

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 Schematizites)

Genus Ophraella

Species conferta (Ophraella conferta)

Other Common Names

Crowded Flea Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ophraella conferta (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Galeruca conferta LeConte 1865

Identification

Det. from specimen, Brad Barnd, 2022

Range

e. NA (NS‒FL to AB‒MT‒LA) - Map (1)(2)

Season

mostly: May-July (BG data)

Food

feeds naturally on goldenrod (Solidago spp., Asteraceae), including S. altissima, S. canadensis, S. gigantea, S. juncea, and S. rugosa (3)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1865. On the species of Galeruca and allied genera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 204-222

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	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 Tony DiTerlizzi on 12 May, 2005 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 October, 2024 - 10:30am

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