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Species Crepidodera nana

Leaf Beetle - Crepidodera nana Crepidodera nana Crepidodera nana flea beetle - Crepidodera nana - female Flea Beetle - Crepidodera nana Dark, shiny chrysomelid on Salix exigua - Crepidodera nana Dark, shiny chrysomelid on Salix exigua - Crepidodera nana Dark, shiny chrysomelid on Salix exigua - Crepidodera nana
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 (Crepidodera Genus Group)
Genus Crepidodera
Species nana (Crepidodera nana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crepidodera nana (Say)
Orig. Comb: Altica nana Say 1824
Explanation of Names
nana (G). 'dwarf' (1)
Numbers
16 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Range
widely dist. (NM-FL-NB-NT) - Map (2)(3)
Food
hosts: various willows - Salix spp. (Salicaceae) (4)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 1 November, 2008 - 8:47am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 5:45am

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