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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Megalopodid Leaf Beetles (Megalopodidae) » Zeugophora » Poplar Blackmine Beetle (Zeugophora scutellaris)

Species Zeugophora scutellaris - Poplar Blackmine Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
small black and orange beetle - Zeugophora scutellaris black and orange beetle - Zeugophora scutellaris
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 Megalopodidae (Megalopodid Leaf Beetles)
Genus Zeugophora
Species scutellaris (Poplar Blackmine Beetle)
Other Common Names
Cottonwood Leaf-mining Beetle(1), Cottonwood Leaf Miner
Explanation of Names
Zeugophora scutellaris Suffrian 1840
Numbers
2.5-3 mm(2)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic(3), adventive in our area: w. NA east to MB(4)(5)
Season
adults emerge in May-Jul
Food
hosts: Populus, Salix, Alnus in NA
Remarks
larvae make large dark blotch mines in cpoplar/ottonwood leaves(6); may damage cottonwood, poplar, and aspen trees
Internet References
Fact sheets: City of Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division | Cranshaw (2010)(7) | ,
Works Cited
1.Thesaurus of agricultural organisms: pests, weeds and diseases
Derwent Publications (compilers/eds.). 1990. London: Chapman and Hall, 2 vols, 2368 pp.
2.Benisch C. (2007-) kerbtier.de – Beetle fauna of Germany
3.Coleoptera Poloniae
4.California Beetle Project
5.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
6.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
7.Bugwood Network
Contributed by v belov on 26 January, 2013 - 2:15pm
Last updated 16 March, 2014 - 3:49pm

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