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Species Zeugophora scutellaris - Poplar Blackmine Beetle

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
adventive to w. NA east to MB - Map (3)(4)(5), native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic(6)
Season
adults emerge in May-Jul
Food
hosts: Populus, Salix, Alnus in NA
Remarks
larvae make large dark blotch mines in cpoplar/ottonwood leaves(7); may damage cottonwood, poplar, and aspen trees
Internet References
Bugwood(8) - Cranshaw (2010)