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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 » Pteleon » Pteleon brevicornis

Species Pteleon brevicornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

golden cactus flower beetle - Pteleon brevicornis

beetle on cactus petals - Pteleon brevicornis

Pteleon brevicornis (Jacoby) - Pteleon brevicornis

Red/brown Beetle on Desert Marigold - Pteleon brevicornis

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 Pteleon

Species brevicornis (Pteleon brevicornis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pteleon brevicornis (Jacoby)

Orig. Comb: Malacosoma brevicornis Jacoby, 1887

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

variable

Dets. E. G. Riley, 2016

Range

s. CA to Devils R., TX, also UT-NV & n. Mex. - Map (2)(3)

Food

asso. w/ wide var. of plants (4)

Print References

Jacoby, M. 1887. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Galerucidae, vol. 6. pt. 1, London. pp. 497-582. (pg 582)

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2007

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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 Mike Quinn on 1 March, 2009 - 12:11pm
Last updated 2 December, 2021 - 12:36pm

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