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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 » Doryphorina » Leptinotarsa » False Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta)

Species Leptinotarsa juncta - False Potato Beetle

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Leptinotarsa

An Investigation of Evolution in Chrysomelid Beetles of the Genus Leptinotarsa

By William Lawrence Tower
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1906

Extensive treatise on Leptinotarsa, includes range maps, plates, quantitative data, instructions for specimen preparation (including preserving and restoring color), and other detailed discussions.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 19 October, 2011 - 8:47am

The Potato Beetles: The Genus Leptinotarsa in North America (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

By Jacques, R.L
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 144 pp., 1988

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Based on over 2,500 specimens representing all the species of Leptinotarsa in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book includes studies on 31 of the 41 known species of the world. Included are host records, when available, and distribution data.

The most complete information is available for nine species found in the United States.

Jacques, R.L. 1988. The Potato Beetles: The Genus Leptinotarsa in North America (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 144 pp.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 March, 2009 - 11:15am

A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

By John A. Wilcox.
New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin No. 421. 37 pp., 1972

Wilcox, J.A. 1972. A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin No. 421. 37 pp., 162 figs.

Presents a checklist and compilation of keys to 136 North American species of the Chrysomelinae subfamily.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 February, 2009 - 9:42am

An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

By Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns.
Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83., 1979

Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns. 1979. An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 May, 2022 - 8:09pm

Doris Holmes Blake - Necrolog with appendix: Bibliography to her works.

By Froeschner, R.C., Froeschner, E.M.L. & Cartwright, O.L.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 83(3): 544 - 564, 1981

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Useful source; hopefully, any article published in Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. is available online.

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Contributed by Boris Büche on 4 June, 2021 - 2:41pm

New species of Galerucinae and Alticinae with notes on other species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

By J. A. Wilcox
The Ohio Journal of Science 53(1): 51-58, 1953

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 29 March, 2019 - 8:38pm

Notes on the distribution and biology of some Florida leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

By Flowers, R.W., D.G. Furth and M.C. Thomas.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 79-89., 1994

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Flowers, R.W., D.G. Furth and M.C. Thomas. 1994. Notes on the distribution and biology of some Florida leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 79-89.

Abstract

New host plant associations and distribution data are given for 45 species of Florida Chrysomelidae. Eleven species or subspecies are newly recorded from the state: Babia quadriguttata (Olivier), Cryptocephalus mutabilis Melsheimer, Diachus chlorizans (Suffrian), Brachypnoea puncticollis (Say) [new combination]; Brachypnoea clypealis (Horn) [new combination], Glyptoscelis albicans Baly, Metachroma zayasi Blake, Microtheca picea (Guerin), Disonycha alternata (Illiger), Disonycha d.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 20 July, 2017 - 2:46am

Notes on leaf-mining Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in New England

By Eiseman C.S.
Col. Bull. 69: 453-458, 2015

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Contributed by v belov on 25 June, 2017 - 4:47pm

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