Acalymma trivittatum

Acalymma trivittatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Acalymma
Species:	A. trivittatum
Binomial name
Acalymma trivittatum (Mannerheim, 1843)

Acalymma trivittatum, the western striped cucumber beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in Central America and North America. ^{[1] [4]} It is considered a key pest on crops in the Cucurbitaceae family. ^[5]

References

1. "Acalymma trivittatum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-04-27.
2. "Acalymma trivittatum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2018-04-27.
3. "Acalymma trivittatum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
4. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
5. "Striped Cucumber Beetles: A New Guide Reviews Management Options for Vexing Cucurbit Pests". www.entomologytoday.org/. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

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. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.