Chnootriba elaterii

Chnootriba elaterii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Epilachninae
Tribe:
Genus:	Chnootriba
Species:	C. elaterii
Binomial name
	Chnootriba elaterii; (Rossi, 1794)
Synonyms
	Coccinella chrysomelina Fabricius, 1775; Epilachna chrysomelina (Fabricius, 1775); Coccinella elaterii Rossi, 1794; Henosepilachna elaterii (Rossi, 1794);

The melon ladybird beetle, Chnootriba elaterii (formerly Henosepilachna elaterii)^[2]^[3] is a phytophagous ladybird species found in southern Europe, Africa and western Asia.^[4] It feeds mainly on squirting cucumber, but also on other cultivated or spontaneous Cucurbitaceae plants.

References[]

^ Fabricius J. C., 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 832 pp. Flensburgi et Lipsiae in Officina Libraria Kortii. p. 82 (http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN578515547%7CLOG_0006&physid=PHYS_0117)
^ Tomaszewska, W., & Szawaryn, K. (2016). Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)-A Revision of the World Genera. Journal of insect science (Online), 16(1), 101. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew082
^ Fauna Europaea, retrieved August 22, 2014
^ "Epilachna chrysomelina", AgroAtlas, retrieved August 22, 2014

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[1] Fabricius J. C., 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 832 pp. Flensburgi et Lipsiae in Officina Libraria Kortii. p. 82 (http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN578515547%7CLOG_0006&physid=PHYS_0117)

[2] Tomaszewska, W., & Szawaryn, K. (2016). Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)-A Revision of the World Genera. Journal of insect science (Online), 16(1), 101. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew082

[FaunaEur-3] Fauna Europaea, retrieved August 22, 2014

[AgroAtlas-4] "Epilachna chrysomelina", AgroAtlas, retrieved August 22, 2014

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