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Diorhabda sublineata is a leaf beetle known as the subtropical tamarisk beetle (STB). The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1849. It feeds on tamarisk trees from Portugal, Spain and France to Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Iraq. [ 1 ]
The SoTB was first described from Minab, Iran as the subspecies Diorhabda carinulata meridionalis Berti and Rapilly (1973). Tracy and Robbins (2009) recognized Diorhabda meridionalis Berti and Rapilly as a separate species from Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers) based on comparisons of the male and female genitalia, and provided illustrated taxonomic keys separating the SoTB from the four ...
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) [citation needed] species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families.
This beetle is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk (Tamarix spp.), an invasive species in arid and semiarid ecosystems (where D. carinulata and its closely related sibling species are also less accurately referred to as the 'saltcedar beetle', 'saltcedar leaf beetle', 'salt cedar leaf beetle ...
Calligrapha suturalis (Fabricius, 1775) (ragweed leaf beetle) Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933 [8] Calligrapha sylvia (Stål, 1860) Calligrapha synthesys Gómez-Zurita, 2018; Calligrapha thermalis Gómez-Zurita, 2013; Calligrapha thoracica (Jacoby, 1891) Calligrapha tiliae Brown, 1945; Calligrapha tortilis Stål, 1859; Calligrapha tortuosa ...
C. exclamationis is a small leaf beetle, 6–12 mm in length, 2–4 mm wide, [2] with a brown pronotum and yellow elytra marked with three, elongated brown stripes and a single, shorter, lateral stripe ending at the middle of the wing in a small dot that resembles an exclamation point. [3]
Chrysochus auratus, more commonly known as the dogbane beetle, is a leaf beetle primarily found in the eastern United States. The beetle is approximately 8 to 11 mm in length, and possesses an oblong and convex shape. This beetle has two pairs of wings, one of which is a pair of copper colored elytra.
Before leaf buds on yellow-poplar, sassafras, or magnolia trees open, weevils attack the buds and leave their distinctive feeding marks. [2] Mating takes place throughout May and early June. [ 3 ] The eggs are laid in the midrib on the underside of leaves, about one to three eggs per site.