metallic flea beetle

(Altica spp.)

Overview
metallic flea beetle (Altica sp.)
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Description
 
 

The beetles in this genus are best identified by the host plant on which they are found.

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

24, 27, 29, 30.

 
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Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Coleoptera (beetles)  
 

Suborder

Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)  
 

Infraorder

Cucujiformia  
 

Superfamily

Chrysomeloidea (leaf beetles and allies)  
 

Family

Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)  
 

Subfamily

Galerucinae (skeletonizing leaf and flea beetles)  
 

Tribe

Alticini (flea beetles)  
  Subtribe Alticina  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

grape flea beetle (Altica chalybea)

metallic flea beetle (Altica aeneola)

metallic flea beetle (Altica bimarginata)

metallic flea beetle (Altica fuscoaenea)

metallic flea beetle (Altica ignita)

metallic flea beetle (Altica knabii)

 
       
 

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Common Names

 
 

metallic flea beetle

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Alfredo Colon
8/20/2018

Location: Woodbury, Minnesota

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Created: 6/13/2019

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