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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Psylliodes napi
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