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Phytophaga is a clade of beetles within the infraorder Cucujiformia consisting of the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea that are distinctive in the plant-feeding habit combined with the tarsi being pseudotetramerous or cryptopentamerous, where the fourth tarsal segment is typically greatly reduced or hidden by the third tarsal ...
The Chrysomeloidea, like all other Phytophaga, typically have the fourth tarsal segment reduced and hidden by the third segment. Several species in these two families are important plant pests. The spotted cucumber beetle is a serious pest of vegetables and is a very common insect on all sorts of flowers.
Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and July beetles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They range in size from 12 to 35 mm (0.47 to 1.38 in) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally.
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera ... Phytophaga: Chrysomeloidea: Chrysomelidae (35,000, leaf beetles) Cerambycidae (25,000, longhorn beetles)
Euporus is a genus of beetles belonging to the large subfamily Cerambycinae in the ... (=Phytophaga) Family longhorn beetles, Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802. Subfamily ...
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The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 [ 1 ] species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae .
Phytophaga: Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea: Family: Oxypeltidae Lacordaire, 1869: The Oxypeltidae are a small family belonging to the superfamily Chrysomeloidea ...