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Colorado potato beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

(Say, 1824)

Taxon, Habit: Insect, Coleoptera

Habitat: Terrestrial

U.S. Nativity: Native



Species Synonym(s): None

Common Name(s): None

Family: Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles Family)

Family Synonym(s): including Bruchidae, Cassididae, Cryptocephalidae, Hispidae, and Sagridae

Native Range (GRIN):

Adult

David Cappaert

Adult

Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University

Adult

David Cappaert

Damage

USDA APHIS PPQ - Oxford, North Carolina , USDA APHIS PPQ

Pupa(e)

Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University

Larva(e)

Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Damage

Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Egg

David Cappaert

Damage

Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University

Adult

David Cappaert

Larva(e)

Jessica Louque, Smithers Viscient

Larva(e)

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Taxonomic Rank


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini: Doryphorina
Genus: Leptinotarsa
Subject: Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824)