Sumitrosis inaequalis

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Sumitrosis inaequalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sumitrosis
Species:
S. inaequalis
Binomial name
Sumitrosis inaequalis
(Weber, 1801)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hispa inaequalis Weber, 1801
  • Hispa suturalis Fabricius, 1801
  • Hispa obsoleta Say, 1823
  • Hispa pallida Say, 1823
  • Hispa flavipes Germar, 1824
  • Hispa baucis Newman, 1838
  • Sumitrosis arnetti Butte, 1969

Sumitrosis inaequalis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America, [1] [2] [3] where it has been recorded from Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan) and the United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming). [4]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.4-4.2 mm. Adults are very variable in colour. The pronotum might be pale or maculate with piceous. The elytra range from pale yellow with faint black markings to black with faint yellow spots. [5]

Biology

The species is a leaf miner on hosts such as Eurybia divaricata , Symphyotrichum cordifolium , and Ambrosia artemisiifolia . [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sumitrosis inaequalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Sumitrosis inaequalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ Butte, Janardhan G. (1969). "Revision of the tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico IV. Genus Sumitrosis Butte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 77 (1): 25–53. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Eiseman, Charles S. (September 2014). "New Host Records and Other Notes on North American Leaf-Mining Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (3): 351–359. doi:10.1649/072.068.0302.

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