Aphthona euphorbiae
Appearance
Aphthona euphorbiae | |
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Aphthona euphorbiae 1,5-2 mm | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Aphthona |
Species: | A. euphorbiae
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Binomial name | |
Aphthona euphorbiae (Schrank, 1781)
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Aphthona euphorbiae is a root-feeding flea beetle of the genus Aphthona. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, the Caucasuses, Near East, Asia Minor, the southern part of West and Mid Siberia and Kazakhstan.[1] In Latvia it has been reported as a pest of flax Linum.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Andris Bukejs. "To the knowledge of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) of the Latvian fauna. 4. Genus Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 2009, Volumen 19, Numerus 3.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Palij, V. F. 1958. On the fauna and biocenology of Latvian flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Proceedings of the Institute of Biology of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences 5: 69–89. [Палий, В. Ф. 1958. О фауне и биоценологии земляных блошек Латвии (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Труды Института биологии Академии наук Латвийской ССР 5: 69–89.]