Zabrotes spectabilis

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Zabrotes spectabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Zabrotes
Species:
Z. spectabilis
Binomial name
Zabrotes spectabilis
Horn, 1885 [1]

Zabrotes spectabilis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is found in North America [2] in the western United States and Mexico. [5] [6]

Zabrotes spectabilis measure 0.7–1.7 mm (0.028–0.067 in) in length [5] [6] and are black in color. [6] They feed on various species of Senna (Fabaceae). [5]

References

  1. ↑ Horn, George H. (1885). "Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United States (No 4.)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 12: 128–162 [157]. doi:10.2307/25076454.
  2. 1 2 "Zabrotes spectabilis Horn, 1885". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Zabrotes spectabilis Horn, 1885". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Zabrotes spectabilis Horn, 1885". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Zabrotes spectabilis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 Romero, Jesús; Johnson, Clarence Dan (2000). "Revision of the genus Zabrotes Horn of Mexico (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 126 (2): 221–274 [244]. JSTOR   25078712.


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