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Species Cerotoma trifurcata - Bean Leaf Beetle

Representative Images

Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata Red beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata Leaf beetle? - Cerotoma trifurcata Bean eating beetle Help! - Cerotoma trifurcata Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata Redand Black beetle sp? - Cerotoma trifurcata Cerotoma trifurcata - Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata

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 Cerotomites)
Genus Cerotoma
Species trifurcata (Bean Leaf Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster)
Orig. Comb: Chrysomela trifurcata Forster 1771

Size

4-9 mm

Identification

variable species

Range

e. NA to Great Plains (NM-FL-QC-MB)(1)

Habitat

Leaves of legumes

Season

mostly May-Sept (BG data)

Food

asso. w/ var. Fabaceae(2) but can also feed on cucurbits (Koch et al. 2004)

Print References

Böving A.G. (1930) Description of the larva of Cerotoma trifurcata Forster (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 32: 51-58.

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2006
Fact sheet - Doug Johnson, Extension Entomologist, UK College of Agriculture

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.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 10 September, 2004 - 6:23am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2017 - 10:04am

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