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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Sphaeroderma » Sphaeroderma testaceum

Species Sphaeroderma testaceum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Sphaeroderma testaceum (F) - Sphaeroderma testaceum Sphaeroderma testaceum (F) - Sphaeroderma testaceum Sphaeroderma testaceum (F) - Sphaeroderma testaceum Leaf beetle - Sphaeroderma testaceum
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 Sphaeroderma
Species testaceum (Sphaeroderma testaceum)
Explanation of Names
Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius 1775)
Size
3.5-4 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (Atlantic Canada)(2)
Food
in NA, on the adventive Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense, Asteraceae), but in the native range hosts include several (related) plant genera(2)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
2.Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 1: Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
C.G. Majka & L. LeSage. 2006. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108: 243-247.
Contributed by v belov on 8 December, 2010 - 9:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 July, 2015 - 3:39pm

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