Phyllobrotica Explained

Phyllobrotica is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 18 described species in Phyllobrotica.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Phyllobrotica antennata Schaeffer, 1932
• Phyllobrotica blakeae Hatch, 1971
• Phyllobrotica circumdata (Say, 1824)
• Phyllobrotica costipennis Horn, 1893
• Phyllobrotica decorata (Say, 1824)
• Phyllobrotica leechi Blake, 1956
• Phyllobrotica lengi Blatchley, 1910
• Phyllobrotica limbata (Fabricius, 1801)
• Phyllobrotica luperina J. L. LeConte, 1865
• Phyllobrotica nigripes Horn, 1893
• Phyllobrotica nigritarsi Linell, 1898
• Phyllobrotica nigritarsis Linell, 1897
• Phyllobrotica physostegiae E. Riley, 1979
• Phyllobrotica sequoiensis Blake, 1956
• Phyllobrotica sororia Horn, 1896
• Phyllobrotica stenidea Schaeffer, 1932
• Phyllobrotica viridipennis (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Phyllobrotica vittata Horn, 1893

References

• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Phyllobrotica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phyllobrotica Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-26.
2. Web site: Phyllobrotica Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-26.
3. White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
4. Web site: North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. 2018-01-26.