Luperaltica

Luperaltica
Luperaltica nigripalpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Luperaltica Crotch, 1873

Luperaltica is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least four described species in Luperaltica from North America, and others from Mexico. ^[1]

North American species

• Luperaltica nigripalpis (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Luperaltica nitida Wilcox, 1953
• Luperaltica semiflava (Fall in Fall & Cockerell, 1907)
• Luperaltica senilis (Say, 1824)

References

1. "Luperaltica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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.
• 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.