Species Cerataltica insolita

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Cerataltica insolita (Melsheimer) - Cerataltica insolita

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 (Longitarsus Genus Group)

Genus Cerataltica

Species insolita (Cerataltica insolita)

Explanation of Names

Cerataltica insolita (Melsheimer 1847)

Size

1.9-2.1 mm(1)

Identification

description(1)

Range

e US (TX-FL-PA-IN) (2)

Season

Apr-May(3)(1)(per specimens in the EGRC)

Food

swept from oaks, grass, and euphorbes(4); host: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (Caprifoliaceae)(5)

Remarks

Rare in IN, AL, FL(3)(6)(1); exceedingly rare in MD

Works Cited

1.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

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

3.	An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.

4.	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.

5.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

6.	The Coleoptera of Florida Schwarz, E.A. 1878. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 353–472.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 November, 2011 - 10:21am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 July, 2016 - 2:30pm

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