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Leptinotarsa
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Specimen Records:48
Specimens with Sequences:45
Specimens with Barcodes:40
Species:5
Species With Barcodes:5
Public Records:29
Public Species:4
Public BINs:3
Leptinotarsa:
Leptinotarsa is a genus of leaf beetles.
Several species in the genus produce leptinotarsin, a toxin similar to the diamphotoxin produced by species of the African leaf beetle genus Diamphidia. Some Leptinotarsa species are parasitised by ground beetles of genus Lebia.[2]
Species[edit source | edit]
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- Leptinotarsa behrensi Harold, 1877
- Leptinotarsa collinsi Wilcox, 1972
- Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle) Say, 1824
- Leptinotarsa defecta Stål, 1859
- Leptinotarsa haldemani Rogers, 1856
- Leptinotarsa heydeni
- Leptinotarsa juncta (false potato beetle) Germar, 1824
- Leptinotarsa lineolata Stål, 1863
- Leptinotarsa peninsularis Horn, 1894
- Leptinotarsa rubiginosa Rogers, 1856
- Leptinotarsa texana
- Leptinotarsa tlascalana Stål, 1858
- Leptinotarsa tumamoca Tower, 1918
- Leptinotarsa typographica
- Leptinotarsa undecimlineata
References[edit source | edit]
- ^ "Leptinotarsa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Chaboo, Caroline (2011). "Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles: From the unusual to the weird" (PDF). In Weir, Tiffany; Vivanco, Jorge M. Chemical Biology of the Tropics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Berlin: Springer Verlag. pp. 59–69. ISBN 3-642-19079-0. OCLC 706961677. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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