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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Eumolpinae » Typophorini » Section Typophorites » Paria » Strawberry Rootworm (Paria fragariae-complex)

Species Paria fragariae-complex - Strawberry Rootworm

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Strawberry Rootworm - Paria fragariae-complex

Strawberry Rootworm, lateral - Paria fragariae-complex

Paria fragariae - Paria fragariae-complex

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Eumolpinae

Tribe Typophorini

No Taxon (Section Typophorites)

Genus Paria

Species fragariae-complex (Strawberry Rootworm)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Paria fragariae Wilcox, 1954

Size

3 mm

Range

AR-FL-NY-ND, CA / ON-QC (1)

State/Province Records: (1)

CAN: ON, QC

USA: AL, AR, CA, FL, IL, IN, KS, MA, MN, NC, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, WV

Food

Hosts are Rosaceae. Reported from Fragaria, Malus coronaria, Malus sylvestris, Prunus persica, Rosa, Rubus, and Sorbus. (2)

Reported as a pest to containerized azaleas in production nurseries - USDA

Remarks

There is one named subspecies, Paria fragariae kirki Balsbaugh, 1970. It is known from AL, MD, NC, NY, PA, SC, TN. (1)

May be a species complex. (More clarification is needed here)

Before the description of this species, it was often identified as Paria canella (Fabricius) or Paria quadrinotata (Say). (2)

Internet References

Paria fragariae - University of Illinois

Paria fragariae - USDA

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

2.	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.

Contributed by tom murray on 24 April, 2006 - 6:13pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 September, 2015 - 1:44am

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