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Species Brachypterolus pulicarius - Toadflax Flower-eating Beetle

Kateretidae? - Brachypterolus pulicarius Flea Beetle? - Brachypterolus pulicarius Very Tiny Beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius Beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius Beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius toadflax flower-eating beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius Tiny Beetle on Tree Blossom - Brachypterolus pulicarius Nitidulidae - Colopterus niger? - Sap-feeding beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Kateretidae (Short-winged Flower Beetles)
Genus Brachypterolus
Species pulicarius (Toadflax Flower-eating Beetle)
Other Common Names
Antirrhinum Beetle
Explanation of Names
Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
Adult ~2 mm, larva up to 4 mm
Range
native to Europe, introduced into NA prior to 1920; abundant and common in all Canadian provinces that support yellow and Dalmatian toadflax varieties
Food
on toadflax
Remarks
may have been introduced with imported toadflax plants (first NA record: NY 1919)(1); now used to control its host plant
Internet References
Fact sheets: Robbins (2000)(2), Hansen(3), anon.(1)
Works Cited
1.Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
2.Breitenfeldt T., ed. (1999-) Montana war on weeds
3.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 2 December, 2005 - 7:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 12:41pm

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