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Species Plagiodera arizonae

Plagiodera arizonae? - Plagiodera arizonae

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 Chrysomelinae

Tribe Chrysomelini

Subtribe Chrysomelina

Genus Plagiodera

Species arizonae (Plagiodera arizonae)

Explanation of Names

Plagiodera arizonae Crotch 1873

Numbers

4 spp. (in 3 subgenera) n. of Mex. (1)

Size

5 mm (BG data)

Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013

Range

AZ to w.TX-CO-NV / Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Season

Mar-Oct (BG data)

Food

Willow - Salix (Salicaceae) (3)

Print References

Crotch, G.R. 1873. Materials for the study of the Phytophaga of the United States. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philadelphia. 25: 19-83.

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 Boris Büche on 25 April, 2008 - 6:32am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 May, 2019 - 2:59pm

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