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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Chrysomelina » Phratora

Genus Phratora

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Aspen Skeletonizer - Phratora purpurea Leaf Beetle - Phratora americana Shiny, dented beetle - Phratora purpurea Which Leaf Beetle is this? - Phratora - Phratora Phratora Leaf beetle - Phratora Leaf beetle - Phratora
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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Chrysomelina
Genus Phratora
Explanation of Names
Phratora Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus; 3 subgenera total(1)
Size
~5 mm
Range
holarctic - Map (2), mostly ne US and Alaska
Food
feed on leaves removing epidermis ('skeletonizing'): adults on the top side of the leaf, larvae on the underside; hosts include Betula (Betulaceae), Populus, & Salix (Salicaceae)(1)
Life Cycle
Two generations per year, adults usually visible in May and again in August.
Remarks
Adult beetles common in SRC plantations' may be found over wintering in leaf litter, under bark crevices in hedges and trees.
Damage easy to spot, skeletonised leaves turn brown and remain attached to coppice shoots.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 January, 2006 - 9:41pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2023 - 12:33pm

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