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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 ]
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]
The chemical behavior of the southern pine beetle starts with a chemical presented by the female that is a communicator, attracting both male and female individual to that tree. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] This attraction is known as an aggregation pheromone [ 9 ] which presents a sensor behavior for communities of SPBs to the area, causing an infestation of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, [1] including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. [2] They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. Typical coloration for this subfamily of beetles ranges from bright yellow to dark red.