Zabrotes subnitens

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

Zabrotes subnitens is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is found in the eastern United States from Florida north to New Jersey and west to Arizona and Texas. [5] [6]

Zabrotes subnitens measure 2.1–2.3 mm (0.083–0.091 in) in length. [5] They are black with sparse brown pubescence. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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 [158]. doi:10.2307/25076454.
  2. "Zabrotes subnitens (Horn, 1885)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. "Zabrotes subnitens (Horn, 1885)". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. "Zabrotes subnitens (Horn, 1885)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Zabrotes subnitens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. Kingsolver, John M. (1990). "Biosystematics of the genus of Zabrotes of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 116 (1): 135–174 [160]. JSTOR   25078513.