Phyllotreta

Phyllotreta
Phyllotreta cruciferae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Phyllotreta Chevrolat, 1836

Phyllotreta is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 300 described species worldwide. ^[1]

Phyllotreta undulata

Agricultural pests

Many species have been recorded as pests of millets and sorghum ^[2]

See also

• List of Phyllotreta species

References

1. "Phyllotreta Chevrolat, 1837". zin.ru. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
2. Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC   967265246.

• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN   978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Phyllotreta

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