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cf. D. balteata, D. tibialis, D. undecimpunctata
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Larval Hosts: Corn
Similar Species: This genus includes more than 350 described species, eight of which occur north of Mexico.
Texas Taxa:
Diabrotica balteata LeConte
Diabrotica cristata (Harris)
Diabrotica lemniscata J. L. LeConte
Diabrotica longicornis (Say)
Diabrotica tibialis Jacoby
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber
Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & Smith
Photos:
Northern Corn Rootworm - Tom Murray
References:
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.
Branson, T.F. & J.L. Krysan, 1987. Laboratory biology of Diabrotica tibialis and a closely related Diabrotica species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 60(3): 446-450.
Clark, S.M., D.G. LeDoux, T.N. Seeno, E.G. Riley, A.J. Gilbert & J.M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae exclusive of Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Jacoby, M. 1887. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Galerucidae, 6(1):497-584.
Krysan J, 1986. Introduction: Biology, distribution, and identification of pest Diabrotica. Pages 1-24 In: J.L. Krysan & T.A. Miller (editors). Methods for the Study of Pest Diabrotica. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Lawson, F.A. 1991. Chrysomelidae. Pp: 568-585 In: F. W. Stehr, (editor) Immature Insects Vol. 2. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa.
LeConte, J.L. 1865. On the species of Galeruca and allied genera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 17:204-222.
Marsh, H.O. 1912. Biologic notes on some species of Diabrotica in southern Texas. USDA Bureau of Entomology Bulletin
82: 76-84.
Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, & T.N. Seeno. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera:
Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 1, 290 pp.
Smith, R.F., & J.F. Lawrence. 1967. Clarification of the status of the type specimens of Diabrotica (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). University of California Publications in Entomology, Vol. 45. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Wilcox, J.A. 1965. A synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the New York State Museum Survey, 400:1-226.
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