Phyllotreta vittata

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Phyllotreta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. armoraciae (Horseradish Flea Beetle) · P. cruciferae (Crucifer Flea Beetle) · P. nemorum (Striped Flea Beetle) · P. ochripes (Flea Beetle) · P. pusilla (Western Black Flea Beetle) · P. striolata (Striped Flea Beetle) · P. undulata (Turnip Flea Beetle) · P. vittata (Wavy Striped Flea Beetle) · P. vittula (Barley Flea Beetle)

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Further Reading

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• A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. Ed. by W. Dwight Pierce, entomologist, southern field crop insect investigations. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1917. url p. 6.
• A manual of the study of insects, Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock publishing company, 1895. url p. 694.
• An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Indianapolis, Nature Pub. Co.[n.d.] url p. 1196, p. 1197.
• An introduction to entomology, by John Henry Comstock. Ithaca, New York, The Comstock publishing co., inc., 1933. url p. 1034.
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• Annual report of the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Geneva, N.Y., Published by the Station under authority of Cornell University. url p. 568.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 163, p. 164.
• Annual report of the Entomologist of the State Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota, to the Governor for the year. .. Delano: Eagle Print. Co., -1902 url p. 243.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 29, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests, Coleoptera of Białowieża Forest
• SysTax, Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
• SysTax, SysTax

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5529774
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16084723
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 852573

Footnotes

1. Mean = 612.730 meters (2,010.269 feet), Standard Deviation = 455.060 based on 85 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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