Biology:Altica bimarginata
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Altica bimarginata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Altica |
| Species: | A. bimarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Altica bimarginata Say, 1824
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Altica bimarginata, the willow flea beetle is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] It often is found feeding on plants from the Salix genus. It is shiny blue, being 5-6 mm long and 2-3 mm wide.[4]
Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species Altica bimarginata:
- Altica bimarginata bimarginata Say, 1824
- Altica bimarginata labradorensis LeSage, 1993
- Altica bimarginata plicipennis (Mannerheim, 1843)
References
- ↑ "Altica bimarginata Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=720541.
- ↑ "Altica bimarginata". https://www.gbif.org/species/1047659.
- ↑ "Altica bimarginata species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/896457.
- ↑ Barstow, Darrell A.; Gittins, A. R. (October 1973). "Descriptions of the Life Stages of Altica bimarginata Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of Kansas Entomological Society 46 (4): 500-510. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25082600?searchText=Descriptions+of+the+Life+Stages+of+Altica+bimarginata+Say+%28Coleoptera+Chrysomelidae%29&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DDescriptions%2Bof%2Bthe%2BLife%2BStages%2Bof%2BAltica%2Bbimarginata%2BSay%2B%2528Coleoptera%253A%2BChrysomelidae%2529&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A34dbb1349118ecd27008705228d0dfc0&seq=8. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
Further reading
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMID 29290727.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q14933671 entry
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