Leptinotarsa
| Leptinotarsa | |
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| Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Leptinotarsa Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 [1] |
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Leptinotarsa is a genus of leaf beetles.
Several species in the genus produce , a toxin similar to the diamphotoxin produced by species of the African leaf beetle genus Diamphidia. Some Leptinotarsa species are parasitised by ground beetles of genus Lebia.[2]
Leptinotarsa decemlineata larva
Species[]
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- Harold, 1877
- Leptinotarsa collinsi Wilcox, 1972
- Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, 1824 (Colorado potato beetle)
- Stål, 1859
- Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
- Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
- Leptinotarsa haldemani Rogers, 1856
- Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar, 1824) (false potato beetle)
- Leptinotarsa lineolata Stål, 1863
- Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
- Leptinotarsa peninsularis Horn, 1894
- Leptinotarsa rubiginosa Rogers, 1856
- Leptinotarsa texana
- Stål, 1858
- Leptinotarsa tumamoca Tower, 1918
References[]
- ^ "Leptinotarsa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Chaboo, Caroline (2011). "Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles: From the unusual to the weird" (PDF). In Weir, Tiffany; Vivanco, Jorge M. (eds.). Chemical Biology of the Tropics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Berlin: Springer Verlag. pp. 59–69. ISBN 3-642-19079-0. OCLC 706961677. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
External links[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Leptinotarsa. |
- Leptinotarsa at the Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
Categories:
- Chrysomelinae
- Poisonous animals
- Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Chrysomelinae stubs