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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) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Crepidodera Genus Group » Epitrix » Potato Flea Beetle (Epitrix cucumeris)

Species Epitrix cucumeris - Potato Flea Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Internet 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 Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Crepidodera Genus Group)
Genus Epitrix
Species cucumeris (Potato Flea Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epitrix cucumeris (Harris, 1851)

Synonyms:
Haltica cucumeris Harris, 1851
Haltica seminulum LeConte, 1861
Range
Widespread across North America except west coast & Pacific Northwest. Adventive in Azores. (1)

State/Province Records: (1)
CAN: MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK
USA: AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY

Previous records from AB, BC/CA, ID, NM, OR, UT, WA as well as Mexico, Central America, South America, and West Indies are considered suspect by (1).
Food
Main host plants are Solanaceae. The species has been reported from Atropa belladonna, Capsicum annuum, Datura stramonium, Lycopersicon esculentum, Nicotiana tabacum, Petunia x hybrida, Petunia nyctaginiflora, Physalis alkekengi (Japanese lantern), Physalis angulata, Physalis peruviana, Physalis pubescens, Physalis virginiana, Solanum americanum, Solanum burbankii (wonderberry), Solanum carolinense, Solanum dulcamara, Solanum melongena, Solanum pseudocapsicum, Solanum purpureum, Solanum rostratum, Solanum torvum, and Solanum tuberosum (potato). (2)

Many other host associations can be found in the literature, but many are questionable. See (2) for a more detailed treatment.
Internet References
Fact sheet(3)
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.
3.European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)
Contributed by ADeczynski on 26 May, 2012 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov, KenW
Last updated 15 September, 2015 - 1:29am

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