Biology:Zabrotes sylvestris

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Zabrotes sylvestris
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Zabrotes
Species:
Z. sylvestris
Binomial name
Zabrotes sylvestris
Romero and Johnson, 1999

Zabrotes sylvestris is a species of bean weevil from a leaf beetle family. It is found in Mexico and the United States [1] where it feeds on Phaseolus species.[2]

References

  1. Jesús Romero; Clarence Dan Johnson (1999). "Zabrotes sylvestris, a New Species from the United States and Mexico Related to Z. subfasciatus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 53 (1): 87–98. 
  2. A. Aebi; T. Shani; R. D. J. Butcher; N. Alvarez; A. M. Risterucci; B. Benrey. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00808.x. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00808.x.