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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) » Luperini » Diabroticina » Section Diabroticites » Cucumber Beetles (Diabrotica) » Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) » Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi

Subspecies Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Luperini
Subtribe Diabroticina
No Taxon (Section Diabroticites)
Genus Diabrotica (Cucumber Beetles)
Species undecimpunctata (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Subspecies howardi (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Frequently cited as D. duodecimpunctata (Fabricius) in earlier literature (1)
Explanation of Names
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber, 1947
Numbers
3 subspp. (2)
Range
CA-FL-ME-MT / ON-QC / Mex. (2)
Food
Well known corn and Cucurbitaceae pest (1)
Print References
Barber, H.S. 1947. Diabrotica and two new genera (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 49(6): 151-161.
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 May, 2012 - 7:54pm
Last updated 15 July, 2016 - 5:28pm

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