Colaspis pseudofavosa

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Colaspis pseudofavosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colaspis
Species:
C. pseudofavosa
Binomial name
Colaspis pseudofavosa
E. Riley, 1978 [1]
Synonyms

Colaspis floridana Blake, 1977
(nec Schaeffer, 1933)
[2]

Colaspis pseudofavosa is a species of leaf beetle from North America. [3] [4] [5] [6] It is a post-harvest pest of blueberries in the southeastern United States, and also feeds on plants such as southern wax myrtles ( Myrica cerifera ) and pecans (Carya illinoinensis). [7]

The species was originally described under the name Colaspis floridana by the American entomologist Doris Holmes Blake in 1977. However, this name was already used by a species described by Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1933, so it was renamed by Edward G. Riley to Colaspis pseudofavosa the following year. This name was chosen for the species' similarity to Colaspis favosa .

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References

  1. Riley, E. G. (1978). "A New Name for a Chrysomelid Beetle". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 32 (1): 76. JSTOR   3999933.
  2. Blake, D. H. (1977). "Colaspis favosa Say and its close relatives (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 79 (2): 209–215.
  3. "Colaspis pseudofavosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Colaspis pseudofavosa species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. "Colaspis pseudofavosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. "Colaspis pseudofavosa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  7. "Blueberry Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Fruit & Vegetable IPM Lab. University of Florida. Department of Entomology & Nematology. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

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