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Genus Hypera

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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 Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Hyperinae
Genus Hypera
Explanation of Names
Hypera Germar 1817
Numbers
17 spp. (incl. 6 adventive) in our area(1)
Range
widespread in N. Hemisphere
Food
adults and larvae feed openly on leafs of various Fabaceae and Polygonaceae(1)
Life Cycle
larvae feed externally on the plants, and resemble small green caterpillars. Pupation takes place in a globular cocoon, often with mesh-like walls.
Print References
Sharp, E, G.Titus. 1911. Genera Hypera and Phytonomus in America, North of Mexico. Annals Entomological Society of America. Vol IV, #4. December.
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.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 May, 2006 - 8:46pm
Additional contributions by ghanley1, Boris Bueche, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 24 January, 2018 - 2:19pm

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