Species Syneta albida - Western Fruit Beetle

Classification · Size · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

little white and orange beetle - Syneta albida

Beetle found on peach in pacific north west - Syneta albida

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 Synetinae

Genus Syneta

Species albida (Western Fruit Beetle)

Size

6 mm

Food

attacks various deciduous trees, incl. fruit trees [Cydonia, Prunus, Pyrus (Rosaceae) and Ribes (Grossulariaceae)](1)

Life Cycle

larvae feed on tree roots, hibernate in soil, pupate in spring(2)

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.	Introduction to North American Beetles Charles S. Papp. 1984. Entomography Pubns.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 22 April, 2009 - 2:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 26 February, 2010 - 7:30pm

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