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Genus Phyllecthris

leaf beetle - Phyllecthris dorsalis Chrysomelidae? - Phyllecthris gentilis Unidentified Beetle - Phyllecthris gentilis Leaf beetle - Phyllecthris gentilis Beetle - Phyllecthris gentilis - female Beetle - Phyllecthris gentilis - female Beetle - Phyllecthris gentilis - female 9080036 beetle - Phyllecthris gentilis - male - female
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 Diabroticina
No Taxon (Section Phyllecthrites)
Genus Phyllecthris
Explanation of Names
Phyllecthris Dejean 1836
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
eastern US from NY & GA west to MT & TX(1)
Food
On various legumes (Fabaceae), incl. Amorpha, Amphicarpaea, Desmodium, Lespedeza, Robinia, Tephrosia(1)
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.