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Species Spintherophyta globosa

Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier) - Spintherophyta globosa Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier) - Spintherophyta globosa Chrysomelid - Spintherophyta globosa leaf beetle - Spintherophyta globosa - male leaf beetle - Spintherophyta globosa - male leaf beetle - Spintherophyta globosa - male Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier) - Spintherophyta globosa Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier) - Spintherophyta globosa
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 Eumolpinae
Tribe Eumolpini
No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)
Genus Spintherophyta
Species globosa (Spintherophyta globosa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier)
Orig. Comb: Colaspis globosa Olivier 1808
Numbers
4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2015
Range
e. US (NM-GA-ME-MT) - Map (1)(2), mostly TX & so. Great Plains
Season
mid-Mar-Apr in c. TX (3), as late as Sept. further n. (BG Data)
Food
Polyphagous (4)
Remarks
apparently does not come to lights nor to flowers, hence few records on iNaturalist (5)
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.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
4.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.
5.iNaturalist
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 March, 2007 - 7:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 February, 2022 - 11:53pm

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