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Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber, 1947

Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribe Luperini

cf. D. balteata, D. barberi, D. tibialis

Oklahoma, September 14, 2002
(Charles Schurch Lewallen)

United States Range of the Spotted Cucumber Beetle

National Agriculture Pest Information System, May 2000

Hosts: Polyphagous, well known for its often pestiferous association with Cucurbitaceae (Clark et al, 2004)

Similar Species: This genus includes more than 350 described species, eight of which occur north of Mexico.

Texas Taxa:

Diabrotica barberi R. Smith & Lawrence
Diabrotica balteata LeConte
Diabrotica cristata (Harris)
Diabrotica lemniscata LeConte
Diabrotica longicornis (Say)
Diabrotica tibialis Jacoby
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber
Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & R. Smith

Photos:

Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata - icmp
Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata - icmp

Weblink:

Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi - Pest and Diseases Image Library (PaDIL)

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. Pages: 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.