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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) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Sumitrosis » Sumitrosis inaequalis

Species Sumitrosis inaequalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Chalepini
Genus Sumitrosis
Species inaequalis (Sumitrosis inaequalis)
Explanation of Names
Sumitrosis inaequalis (Weber 1801)
Size
3.5-4.4 mm(1)
Identification

In central Texas, south to the Rio Grande Valley, specimens are on average of a pale coloration (as shown) and often the dark maculae are with slight metallic highlights, unlike the darker forms that occur to the east." - EGR, 2009
Range
transcontinental (BC-NS to CA-FL & Mexico)(2)
Habitat
common on leaves of Fabaceae, also on goldenrod, oak, and white snakeroot(3)
Food
hosts: various Asteraceae(4); also Bergamot
Life Cycle
Larva in mine; adult
See Also
S. rosea has pale antennae
Works Cited
1.The leaf beetles of Alabama
Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
4.Catalog of the hispines of the World
Contributed by tom murray on 18 February, 2007 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, roar, marcie oconnor
Last updated 22 June, 2024 - 6:43pm

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