Leptinotarsa peninsularis

Leptinotarsa peninsularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Leptinotarsa
Species:	L. peninsularis
Binomial name
Leptinotarsa peninsularis Horn, 1894

Leptinotarsa peninsularis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in Central and North America. ^{[2] [5] [6]}

Appearance

This species appears as a normal leaf beetle shape with 10 segmented antennae with the last five darker brown and the first five light brown. the head is half turtle-shell like and brownish red. the back of the body is round with white stripes forming 2 black dove wing patterned side-wings and an upside down black pine tree shape pattern through the middle. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Leptinotarsa peninsularis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
2. "Leptinotarsa peninsularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
3. "Leptinotarsa peninsularis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
4. "Leptinotarsa peninsularis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
5. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
6. "Leptinotarsa peninsularis Horn, 1894". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
7. "Occurrence Detail 4919474814". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
8. "leaf beetle Leptinotarsa peninsularis Horn". www.insectimages.org. Retrieved 2025-01-31.

Further reading

• Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. Coleopterists Society. ISBN   9780972608732.
• Flinte, V.; Abejanella, A.; Daccordi, M.; Monteiro, R.F.; et al. (2017). "Chrysomelinae species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and new biological data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 7". ZooKeys (720): 5–22. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13963 . PMC   5784215 . PMID   29391849.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.{{cite book}}: ; |journal= ignored (help)
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Vol. Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN   0-9726087-1-0.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.