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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) » Asphaera Genus Group » Asphaera » Shiny Flea Beetle (Asphaera lustrans)

Species Asphaera lustrans - Shiny Flea Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · 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 (Asphaera Genus Group)
Genus Asphaera
Species lustrans (Shiny Flea Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Asphaera lustrans (Crotch 1873)
lustrans 'shining, cleaned'
Size
adult ~7 mm, larva to ~10 mm
Identification
somewhat variable, but note the red hind femora
Range
se US (TX‒FL‒SC‒NE), rarely to AZ, CO, MN and NL, Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
hosts: adults and larvae taken from Drummond's skullcap (Scutellaria drummondii, Lamiaceae) central Texas. Also, numerous adults and larvae seen feeding on Wright's skullcap (Scutellaria wrightii) in northern Texas. (3)
Print References
Crotch, G.R. 1873. Check List of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. Naturalists Agency, Salem, Mass. 136 pp.
Internet References
Texas Entomology (Quinn 2018)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.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 Hannah Nendick-Mason on 12 September, 2004 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 February, 2025 - 5:54pm

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