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Phyllotreta

Phyllotreta is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 300 described species worldwide.

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Phyllotreta
Phyllotreta cruciferae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Phyllotreta
Chevrolat, 1836

Phyllotreta is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 300 described species worldwide.1

Phyllotreta undulata source ↗

Agricultural pests

Many species have been recorded as pests of millets and sorghum2

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Phyllotreta Chevrolat, 1837". zin.ru. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
  • Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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