Biology:Leptinotarsa

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Leptinotarsa
Colorado potato beetle.jpg
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Leptinotarsa
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 [1]
Species

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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.[2]

Leptinotarsa decemlineata larva

Species

References

  1. "Leptinotarsa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719649. 
  2. Chaboo, Caroline (2011). "Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles: From the unusual to the weird". in Weir, Tiffany; Vivanco, Jorge M.. Chemical Biology of the Tropics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Berlin: Springer Verlag. pp. 59–69. ISBN 978-3-642-19079-7. OCLC 706961677. http://biodiversity.ku.edu/sites/default/files/publications/chaboo-2011.pdf. Retrieved 4 July 2013. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q602990 entry