Species Psylliodes napi

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)

Genus Psylliodes

Species napi (Psylliodes napi)

Explanation of Names

Psylliodes napi (Fabricius 1792)

Range

Native to the Palearctic Region(1); introduced from Europe; widely distributed over se. Canada and ne. US(2)

Food

associated with Cruciferae

Works Cited

1.	Borowiec L. (200_-2013) Chrysomelidae: The leaf beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean subregion (checklist and iconography)

2.	Exotic insects reported new to northeastern United States and eastern Canada since 1970 Hoebeke E.R., Wheeler A.G., Jr. 1983. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91(3): 193-222.

Contributed by Ed Riley on 24 December, 2009 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2013 - 5:26pm

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