Biology:Phyllotreta liebecki

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Short description: Species of beetle

Phyllotreta liebecki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Phyllotreta
Species:
P. liebecki
Binomial name
Phyllotreta liebecki
Schaeffer, 1919

Phyllotreta liebecki is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Classification

  • Kingdom Animalia: (Animals)
  • Phylum Arthropoda: (Arthropods)
  • Subphylum Hexapoda: (Hexapods)
  • Class Insecta: (Insects)
  • Order Coleoptera: (Beetles)
  • Suborder Polyphaga: (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
  • No Taxon: (Series Cucujiformia)
  • Superfamily Chrysomeloidea: (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
  • Family Chrysomelidae: (Leaf Beetles)
  • Subfamily Galerucinae: (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
  • Tribe Alticini: (Flea Beetles)
  • Genus: Phyllotreta
  • Species liebecki: (Phyllotreta liebecki)

Size

1.75-2.5 mm (Schaeffer 1919)

Identification

Elongate oval. Shining black with sinuate yellow vitta on each elytron, vittae broadly attaining margni at apex. Head, pronotum, and elytra closely punctate.

First 4 antennal segments of liebecki light brown, 5-11 dark brown; male with 5th antennal segment stouter than striolata but less stout than in P. zimmermanni.


Elytral pattern shared with P. robusta; in males, the shape and length of antennal segment 5 is different: only slightly shorter than 2-4, dilated apically, but not with internal process like in P. robusta.

References

[1]

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q14933035 entry