Lythraria salicariae | |
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Lythraria salicariae 2,2 mm | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Lythraria |
Species: | L. salicariae |
Binomial name | |
Lythraria salicariae (Paykull, 1800) | |
Lythraria salicariae (loosestrife flea beetle) is a species of Chrysomelidae family, that is common in the Palaearctic realm east to Korea. [1]
The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.
Lythraria is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.