Aphthona flava
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| Flea Beetle Aphthona flava | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Aphthona |
| Species: | A. flava |
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| Aphthona flava (L. P. Guillebeau, 1895) |
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Aphthona flava is a beetle of the genus Aphthona. It is native to Eurasia, and has been introduced into North America as a biocontrol agent for leafy spurge.
Adults are brown and difficult to distinguish in the field from A. cyparissiae and A. nigriscutis. A. flava is still the dominant beetle at some Manitoba release sites, but it is relatively scarce in North Dakota and Minnesota.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ R. Roehrdanz , D. Olson, G. Fauske, R. Bourchier, A. Cortilet, S. Sears. "New DNA markers reveal presence of Aphthona species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) believed to have failed to establish after release into leafy spurge". Biological Control 49 (2009) 1–5. http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/dspace/bitstream/10113/27513/1/IND44184220.pdf.
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