Mantura floridana

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Mantura floridana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Mantura
Species:
M. floridana
Binomial name
Mantura floridana
Crotch, 1873

Mantura floridana is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] Larvae feed on Fallopia scandens . They appear yellow through the leaf epidermis, as the larvae are leaf miners. [4]

References

  1. "Mantura floridana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Mantura floridana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Eiseman, Charles S. (2015). "Notes on Leaf-Mining Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in New England" . The Coleopterists Bulletin. 69 (3): 453–458. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-69.3.453. ISSN   0010-065X. JSTOR   24773630. S2CID   86039331 . Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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