Leptinotarsa

Leptinotarsa is a genus of leaf beetles.

Species

Colorado Potato Beetle

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyChrysomelidae

Observations17,820

Observations recorded64,372

Leptinotarsa es un género de coleópteros de la familia Chrysomelidae. Algunas especies producen la toxina leptinotarsina. Algunas son depredadas por el carábido Lebia. Leptinotarsa decemlineata larva

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 829
With media: 874
Family: Chrysomelidae
Collections: FIC-UAT, DGSV-SENASICA, FESI-UNAM, FESZ-UNAM, ECOSUR
Recorded in: Mexico

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Chrysomelini
Image: Colorado potato beetle.jpg

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taxon name: Leptinotarsa
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Leptinotarsa
topic's main category: Category:Leptinotarsa

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Leptinotarsa is a genus of leaf beetles.

Several species in the genus produce leptinotarsin, 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.

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