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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) » Criocerinae » Lemini » Oulema » Cereal Leaf Beetle (Oulema melanopus)

Species Oulema melanopus - Cereal Leaf Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Criocerinae
Tribe Lemini
Genus Oulema
Species melanopus (Cereal Leaf Beetle)
Other Common Names
Oat Beetle, Red-throated Cereal Leaf Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oulema melanopus (Linnaeus)
Orig. Comb: Chrysomela melanopus Linnaeus 1758
Range
adventive in e. NA, w. scattered north-western records (NV-GA-QC-WA) - Map (1)(2), native to the Palaearctic (3)
Season
mostly: Apr-Jul (BG data)
Food
on all cereals and wild grasses
Remarks
our only representative of the large Old World subgenus Oulema s.str. (4)
pest of cereals; the introduced eulophid wasp Tetrastichus julis) is used for control
Internet References
Wikipedia
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.Borowiec L. (200_-2013) Chrysomelidae: The leaf beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean subregion (checklist and iconography)
4.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 5 December, 2006 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2024 - 4:08pm

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