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Diabrotica barberi

Diabrotica barberi, the northern corn rootworm, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. Adults feed on corn, and, when corn is unavailable, goldenrod pollen.

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Diabrotica barberi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Diabrotica
Species:
D. barberi
Binomial name
Diabrotica barberi
R. Smith & Lawrence, 1967

Diabrotica barberi, the northern corn rootworm, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.123 Adults feed on corn, and, when corn is unavailable, goldenrod pollen.4

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  1. "Diabrotica barberi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Diabrotica barberi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Naranjo, Steven E.; Sawyer, Alan J. (1 November 1987). "Reproductive Biology and Survival of Diabrotica barberi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Effect of Temperature, Food, and Seasonal Time of Emergence". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 80 (6): 841–848. doi:10.1093/aesa/80.6.841. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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