Phyllotreta liebecki

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Phyllotreta liebecki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Phyllotreta
Species:
P. liebecki
Binomial name
Phyllotreta liebecki
Schaeffer, 1919

Phyllotreta liebecki is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]

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Classification

Size

1.75-2.5 mm (Schaeffer 1919)

Identification

Elongate oval. Shining black with sinuate yellow vitta on each elytron, vittae broadly attaining margni at apex. Head, pronotum, and elytra closely punctate.

First 4 antennal segments of liebecki light brown, 5-11 dark brown; male with 5th antennal segment stouter than striolata but less stout than in P. zimmermanni.


Elytral pattern shared with P. robusta; in males, the shape and length of antennal segment 5 is different: only slightly shorter than 2-4, dilated apically, but not with internal process like in P. robusta.

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References

  1. "Phyllotreta liebecki Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Phyllotreta liebecki". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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