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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) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Crepidodera Genus Group » Epitrix » Epitrix fasciata

Species Epitrix fasciata

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Epitrix fasciata Blatchley - Epitrix fasciata

itty bitty beetle, similar to Longitarsus - Epitrix fasciata

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 Epitrix

Species fasciata (Epitrix fasciata)

Other Common Names

Banded Epitrix

Explanation of Names

Epitrix fasciata Blatchley 1918

fasciat (L). 'banded' (1)

Numbers

12 spp. in this genus n. of Mex. (2)

Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Range

TX-FL-NJ / south to S. Amer. - Map (2)(3), most records TX, FL

Season

Apr-Aug (BG data)

Food

polyphagus (4)

Remarks

Considered invasive in this country (Capinera, 2002)

Print References

Blatchley, W.S. 1918. On some new or noteworthy Coleoptera from the west coast of Florida.-IV. The Canadian Entomologist 50(2): 52-59.

Capinera, J.L. 2002. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist.

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 Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 12:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 July, 2022 - 5:58pm

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