Biology:Sumitrosis inaequalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Sumitrosis |
| Species: | S. inaequalis
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| Sumitrosis inaequalis (Weber, 1801)
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Sumitrosis inaequalis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan) and the United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming).[4] thumb thumb
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.4-4.2 mm. Adults are very variable in colour. The pronotum might be pale or maculate with piceous. The elytra range from pale yellow with faint black markings to black with faint yellow spots.[5]
Biology
The species is a leaf miner on hosts such as Eurybia divaricata, Symphyotrichum cordifolium, and Ambrosia artemisiifolia.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sumitrosis inaequalis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719993.
- ↑ "Sumitrosis inaequalis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1048635.
- ↑ "Sumitrosis inaequalis species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/95849.
- ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum.. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/chalepini2015.pdf.
- ↑ Butte, Janardhan G. (1969). "Revision of the tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico IV. Genus Sumitrosis Butte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 77 (1): 25–53. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25006143. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ Eiseman, Charles S. (September 2014). "New Host Records and Other Notes on North American Leaf-Mining Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (3): 351–359. doi:10.1649/072.068.0302. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267210234.
Further reading
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1924537 entry
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