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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) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Phyllobrotica » Phyllobrotica lengi

Species Phyllobrotica lengi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Phyllobrotica lengi Phyllobrotica lengi Blatchley - Phyllobrotica lengi Phyllobrotica lengi Blatchley - Phyllobrotica lengi
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 Luperini
Subtribe Luperina-subtribe
Genus Phyllobrotica
Species lengi (Phyllobrotica lengi)
Explanation of Names
Phyllobrotica lengi Blatchley, 1910
Patronym for coleopterist Charles W. Leng (1859–1941)
Size
5.5-6.0 mm (1)
Identification
see MacRae (2019)
Range
ec. US (TX-OK-IN-KY-MS) (1)(2)(3)(4)(5), see range of host plant
Habitat
asso. w/ tall grass prairies in MO (6), and in OK (MAQ, pers. obs.)
Season
May (BG data, based on 2 records)
Food
in MO, adults found feeding on small skullcap - Scutellaria parvula (Lamiaceae) (6)
Remarks
Type Locality: Perry Co., Indiana (1)
Known from Missouri by just four specimens collected in the late 1800s(2) until Rev. James Sullivan collected a small series on S. parvula in east-central Missouri in 1988. (MacRae 2019)
Karl Stephan donated 3 spmns from Latimer Co., OK to the TAMUIC (3)
Barney et al. (2009) coll'ed 4 spmns in one county in KY (not far from the type locality in s. IN) (7)
Joel Ashman documented the first record from Texas (Wise Co.) in 2022. (5)
Print References
Barney, R,J., S.M. Clark, E.G. Riley. 2009. Annotated List of the Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribes Galerucini & Luperini. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science, 70(1):17-28. (7)
Blatchley, W.S. 1910. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis. 1385 pp. (1)
Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns. 1979. An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83. (2)
Internet References
Beetles in the Bush - © Ted C. MacRae 2019
N. TX Photo by Joel_P_Ashman - iNaturalist (5)
Works Cited
1.An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana.
Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.
2.An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns. 1979. Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83.
3.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
4.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
5.iNaturalist
6.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.
7.Annotated List of the Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribes Galerucini & Luperini.
Barney, R,J., S.M. Clark, E.G. Riley. 2009. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science, 70(1):17-28.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 May, 2022 - 6:14pm
Last updated 24 July, 2022 - 1:28pm

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