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Spotted cucumber beetle A spotted cucumber beetle eating a leaf. Diabrotica undecimpunctata on goldenrod. Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The species can be a major agricultural pest insect in North America.
Spotted cucumber beetle, northern corn rootworm beetle, and western corn rootworm beetle Western corn rootworm. Cucumber beetle is a common name given to members of two genera of beetles, Diabrotica and Acalymma, both in the family Chrysomelidae. [1] The adults can be found on cucurbits such as cucumbers and a variety of other plants. Many are ...
This allows the striped cucumber beetle to feed on cucurbitacin-containing seeds that other herbivores are repelled from. [4] Striped cucumber beetles also release a pheromone while feeding on cucurbits, which is a type of chemical insects and animals use to communicate with, to inform other striped cucumber beetles of the food source. This ...
Diabrotica is a large, widespread genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Members of this genus include several destructive agricultural pest species, sometimes referred to as cucumber beetles or corn rootworms.
Diabrotica balteata is a species of cucumber beetle in the family Chrysomelidae known commonly as the banded cucumber beetle. It occurs in the Americas, where its distribution extends from the United States to Colombia and Venezuela in South America. [1] It is also present in Cuba. [2] It is a pest of a variety of agricultural crops. [3] On ...
Acalymma albidovittatum (Baly, 1889) – cucumber beetle; Acalymma bechynei Cabrera, 1999; Acalymma bertoluccii Gilbert & Clark, 2007 [7] Acalymma bivittulum (Kirsch, 1883) (Synonym: A. xanthographa Bechyné, 1955) [8] Acalymma blandulum (LeConte, 1868) Acalymma blomorum Munroe & Smith, 1980; Acalymma bruchii (Bowditch, 1911) Acalymma caucum ...
Diabrotica speciosa, also known as the cucurbit beetle and in Spanish as vaquita de San Antonio (this common name is also given to many ladybugs) is an insect pest native to South America. Its larvae feed on the roots of crops.
The spotted cucumber beetle is a serious pest of vegetables and is a very common insect on all sorts of flowers. The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, attacks potatoes and other members of the Solanaceae. The Asian long-horned beetle is a serious pest of trees where it has been introduced. [citation needed]. It seems almost ...