Phratora hudsonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Phratora |
Species: | P. hudsonia |
Binomial name | |
Phratora hudsonia Brown, 1951 |
Phratora hudsonia, the birch leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. This species is known from Canadian populations at the Great Slave Lake and north shore of Lake Superior. It feeds on birch and is metallic brown in color. It is relatively small in size, like other Phratora species.
References
- "Phratora hudsonia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Phratora hudsonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Phratora hudsonia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Brown, W. J. (1951). "The American species of Phratora Chev. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 83 (5): 121–130. doi:10.4039/Ent83121-5. S2CID 86211344.
- Lindquist, O. H.; Davis, C. N. (1971). "The biology of a birch leaf beetle Phratora hudsonia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with a larval key to forest chrysomelinae in Ontario". The Canadian Entomologist. 103 (4): 622–626. doi:10.4039/Ent103622-4. S2CID 85053956.
Further reading
- Flinte, V.; Abejanella, A.; Daccordi, M.; Monteiro, R. F.; et al. (2017). "Chrysomelinae species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and new biological data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 7". ZooKeys (720): 5–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13963. PMC 5784215. PMID 29391849.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Phratora hudsonia |
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