Biology:Zygogramma

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Zygogramma
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Zygogramma bicolorata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Zygogramma
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 [1]
Species

~100, see text

Zygogramma is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, which includes approximately 100 species. 13 species occur north of Mexico.[2]

Adults and larvae are herbivorous on various host plants. Zygogramma exclamationis is a pest species of sunflower crops in North America.[3] At least two species have also been used as a form of biological pest control: Zygogramma bicolorata was introduced to India as a biocontrol agent for the weed Parthenium hysterophorus,[4] and Zygogramma suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).[5]

Selected species


References

  1. "Zygogramma Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719647. 
  2. "Genus Zygogramma". BugGuide. 2015. http://bugguide.net/node/view/39532. 
  3. "Biology and Pest Management of the Sunflower Beetle in North Dakota". North Dakota State University. 2000. https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extensionentomology/field-crops-insect-pests/Documents/sunflower/e-824-sunflower-beetle. 
  4. "Zygogramma bicolorata (Mexican beetle)". Invasive Species Compendium. 2012. http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57506. 
  5. Kovalev, O.V.; Reznik, S.Ya.; Cherkashin, V.N. (1983). "Specific features of the methods of using Zygogramma Chevr. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in biological control of ragweeds (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., A. psilostachya D.C.)" (in ru). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenije 62: 402–408. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2510411 entry