Phyllobrotica sororia
| Phyllobrotica sororia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Phyllobrotica |
| Species: | P. sororia
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllobrotica sororia Horn, 1896
| |
Phyllobrotica sororia, the four-spotted Texas Phyllobrotica, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3] where it is only found in Texas.
Biology
The recorded foodplant is Scutellaria drummondii.[3]
References
- ^ "Phyllobrotica sororia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Phyllobrotica sororia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b "Phyllobrotica sororia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.