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Leptinotarsa

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Leptinotarsa
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Leptinotarsa
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 [1]
Species

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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]

Leptinotarsa decemlineata larva

Species

References

  1. ^ "Leptinotarsa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Chaboo, Caroline (2011). "Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles: From the unusual to the weird". In Weir, Tiffany; Vivanco, Jorge M. (eds.). 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. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |archive-url= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
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