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Shiny Flea Beetle (Asphaera lustrans)
Species
Asphaera lustrans
- Shiny Flea Beetle
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
variation:
Range
AZ‒FL‒SC‒NE; Mexico
(
1
)
Food
host:
Scutellaria
spp. (Lamiaceae)
(
2
)
Internet References
Texas Entomology
(Quinn 2008)
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
Hannah Nendick-Mason
on 12 September, 2004 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by
Joshua Stuart Rose
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 12:03am