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Species Capraita sexmaculata

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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)
No Taxon (Oedionychis Genus Group)
Genus Capraita
Species sexmaculata (Capraita sexmaculata)
Other Common Names
'Charlie Brown Flea Beetle'
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Capraita sexmaculata (Illiger)
Orig. Comb: Haltica sexmaculata Illiger, 1807
Identification
typical form:

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
e. US (TX-FL-ON-SD) (1)(2)
Season
Primarily Apr-Jul (BG data)
Food
Recorded from Chionanthus virginicus, Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus berlandieriana, Forestiera ligustrina (Oleaceae) (3)
Remarks
at high-moderate risk of endangerment due to the EAB (4)
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2006
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribe Alticini
Barney, R.J., S.M. Clark, and E.G. Riley. 2009. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences 70: 29-55.
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
4.Ecological impacts of the emerald ash borer. Pp. 15-62. In: R.G. Van Driesche (ed.), Biology and Control of Emerald Ash Borer.
Wagner, D.L. and K. Todd. 2015. USDA Technical Bulletin FHTET-2014-09. Morgantown, WV.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 January, 2006 - 11:30pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Chuck Entz
Last updated 22 July, 2016 - 6:03pm

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