Host Plants of the Tobacco Flea Beetle

1940 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Glass
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Flea Beetle

CHAETOCNEMA CONCINNA (MARSHAM, 1802), A EUROPEAN FLEA BEETLE INTRODUCED IN NORTH AMERICA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE: ALTICINAE)

1990 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-650
Author(s):  
Laurent Lesage
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
First Time

AbstractChaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802), a European flea beetle, is reported for the first time from Canada. Preliminary collection data indicate that it may feed on the same host plants as in Europe. It has been collected to date in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Maine.

Factors affecting the response ofLongitarsus jacobaeae(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to upwind plant odours

1996 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-313
Author(s):  
Zhi-Qiang Zhang ◽  
Peter B. McEvoy
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Directed Movement ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Plant Odours

AbstractFactors (developmental state, starvation time, host local density and host distance from insects) affecting the response of the ragwort flea beetle,Longitarsus jacobaeae(Waterhouse), to upwind plants of tansy ragwort,Senecio jacobaeae(Compositae), were examined in a wind tunnel. There was seasonal variation in beetle response to host odours. Individuals collected during spring and early summer (6 May to 14 July 1993) showed directed movement toward the upwind plants. However, individuals collected in mid-summer (23 July 1993) showed no significant response to upwind host plants and walked randomly in the wind tunnel. Individuals collected during late summer to autumn (4 August to 23 October 1994) once again showed response to upwind plants, whereas those collected in winter (January 1994) walked randomly in the wind tunnel. The absence of beetle response to plant odours coincided with potential summer aestivation and winter ‘hibernation’. For spring and early summer beetles that responded to plant odours, the strength of the response did not change significantly with the number of plants (1, 2, 4 or 6) presented upwind in the tunnel nor with the starvation time (2, 6, 10, 12, 24 or 36 h) of the tested beetles, and these patterns were consistent for male and female beetles. Individuals responded to plants from a distance of 60 and 300 cm. The speed of movement, similar for males and females, increased slightly asL. jacobaeaeoriented more directly toward host plants.

scholarly journals Five new records, new localities and new host plants for the Turkish flea-beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan Aslan ◽  
Hikmet Özbek ◽  
Andrzej Warchalowski
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Localities

Altica lencorana Konstantinov, A. longicollis (Allard), Aphtlzona atrocaerulae (Stephens), A. violaceae (Koch), and Phyllotreta lorestanica Warchalowski are new for the Turkish Alticinae fauna. A. lencorana and P. lorestanica have earlier been known to occur only in their type localities in Azerbaijan and Iran, respectively. Since then, the records reported here (Bayburt and Erzurum provinces) are the first localities for A. lencorana, and that of Erzurum for P. lorestanica. Additionally, Centaurea glastifolia L. is reported as a new host plant for A. lencorana, and Euphorbia falcate and E. erioplzora as new host plants of Aphthona atrocaerulea and A. violaceae, respectively. The chorotype and host plants are reported for each of the five species.

scholarly journals Adaptation of flea beetles to Brassicaceae: host plant associations and geographic distribution of Psylliodes Latreille and Phyllotreta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matilda W. Gikonyo ◽  
Maurizio Biondi ◽  
Franziska Beran
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Chemical Defence ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Related Plant ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Almost All

The cosmopolitan flea beetle genera Phyllotreta and Psylliodes (Galerucinae, Alticini) are mainly associated with host plants in the family Brassicaceae and include economically important pests of crucifer crops. In this review, the host plant associations and geographical distributions of known species in these genera are summarised from the literature, and their proposed phylogenetic relationships to other Alticini analysed from published molecular phylogenetic studies of Galerucinae. Almost all Phyllotreta species are specialised on Brassicaceae and related plant families in the order Brassicales, whereas Psylliodes species are associated with host plants in approximately 24 different plant families, and 50% are specialised to feed on Brassicaceae. The current knowledge on how Phyllotreta and Psylliodes are adapted to the characteristic chemical defence in Brassicaceae is reviewed. Based on our findings we postulate that Phyllotreta and Psylliodes colonised Brassicaceae independently from each other.

scholarly journals Thermal requirements for flight of six species of flea beetle of the genus Phyllotreta (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 76-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Kocourek ◽  
P. Láska ◽  
V. Jarošík
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Temperature Threshold ◽  
Percentage Composition ◽  
Thermal Requirements ◽  
Summer Generation ◽  
Water Traps ◽  
Temperature Requirements ◽  
Two Peaks

The flight activity of six species of the flea beetles of the genus Phyllotreta was monitored by means of yellow water traps in three years. The percentage composition of the total catch of adults made up of the species was 29.5% (P. vittula), 28.8% (P. atra), 17.5% (P. undulata), 12.8% (P. nigripes), 7.1% (P. vittata) and 4.3% (P. nemorum). The flight activity of each species had two peaks. The spring peak was made up of overwintering adults migrating to host plants, and the summer peak of newly emerged adults. A regression model of flight activity in both generations was established based on the sum of day degrees above the temperature threshold for flight (10.2°C). The onset of flight activity of adults of the overwintering generation in spring started at 30 day degrees, and that of the adults of the summer generation at 280 day degrees. These temperature requirements for flight activity indicate when best to inspect crops for effective pest management.

scholarly journals A review of the genus Lankaphthona Medvedev, 2001, with comments on the modified phallobase and the unique abdominal appendage of L. binotata (Baly) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 29-58
Author(s):  
Yongying Ruan ◽  
Alexander S. Konstantinov ◽  
Kaniyarikkal D. Prathapan ◽  
Mengna Zhang ◽  
Xingke Yang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
A New Species

The flea beetle genus Lankaphthona Medvedev, 2001 is redescribed and a new species L.yunnantarsellasp. nov. Ruan, Konstantinov & Prathapan is described. Longitarsella Medvedev, 2009, syn. nov. and Philotarsa Medvedev, 2009, syn. nov. are newly synonymized with Lankaphthona. Philotarsalaosica Medvedev, 2009, syn. nov. is synonymized with Lankaphthonaphuketensis (Gruev, 1989). The following new combinations are proposed: Lankaphthonabinotata (Baly, 1876), comb. nov.; Lankaphthonacostata (Medvedev, 2016), comb. nov.; Lankaphthonacyanipennis (Medvedev, 2017), comb. nov.; Lankaphthonanigronotata (Jacoby, 1896), comb. nov.; Lankaphthonanotatipennis (Medvedev, 2009), comb. nov.; and Lankaphthonaphuketensis (Gruev, 1989), comb. nov., status restored. A highly specialized spoon-shaped ‘appendage’ is discovered on the first abdominal ventrite of males of Lankaphthonabinotata. Aedeagus of the same species has aberrant sheath-shaped phallobase encircling the median lobe. Morphology and possible function of these structures are discussed. Menispermaceae are newly reported as the host plants of the genus.

scholarly journals Host Range of Cotton Flea Beetle (Podagrica puncticollis) in a Hot Dry Tropical Environment of Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Agegnehu Eshetu ◽  
Mulatu B ◽  
Damte T ◽  
Wakgari M
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Tropical Environment ◽  
Leaf Damage ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Bidens Pilosa ◽  
North Western

Cotton flea beetle, Podagrica puncticollis is the most destructive insect pest of cotton in north-western part of Ethiopia. This study was conducted to identify and determine the host range of cotton flea beetle in Metema area. The field survey was undertaken from June 27, 2015 to January 9, 2016 in ten kebele administrations of the district. At least three fields were prospected after every 15 days, in each kebele for host plants as well as to determine population density and percent leaf damage by adult cotton flea beetle, at different growth stages of cotton plant. The composition of plant species with damaged symptom or infested by flea beetle was analysed using quantitative means and identified by comparing specimens with description of identification manuals. A total of 11 host plant species of cotton flea beetle were identified in the cotton growing areas of Metema throughout a season. Indigofera longibarbata (Fabaceae), Hibiscus articulatus, H. cannabinus, H. vitifolius, Abutilon figarianum, Sida alba and S. urens (Malvaceae), Bidens pilosa and B. setigera (Asteraceae), Corchorus olitorius and C. trilocularis (Tiliaceae) found to be common host plants of cotton flea beetle. Thus, among the host plants, H. vitifolius, H. cannabinus, H. articulatus, C. olitorius and C. trilocularis were the most suitable hosts for adult cotton flea beetle in respect of the number of adults per plant and percent foliage damage they sustained. These findings could aid in developing longterm management strategies for this important insect pest existing in a hot dry tropical environment of north-western Ethiopia.

Two new flea beetle genera: Alasia alpina gen. et sp. nov. from a Costa Rican cloud forest and Pseudostenophyma gen. nov. from Brazil (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2679 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
DAVID G. FURTH ◽  
KIRA M. ZHAUROVA
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
The Other ◽  
Forest Understory ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Body Form

Alasia alpina is described as a new genus and species from high altitude cloud forests in Heredia, Costa Rica. Morphologically it is distinctive by its overall smooth shiny surface, dark-brown to black coloration, elongate body form; very long antennae, long, slender femora, broadly triangular, subconcave frons with shagreened surface, elytra weakly striate, and structure of the genitalia and metafemoral spring. It apparently prefers Melastomataceae host plants in the forest understory. It is most similar to Pseudostenophyma modesta com. nov. from which it differs in morphology, color, size, altitude of occurrence, and habitat. Stenophyma elegans Baly (type species) was discovered not to be congeneric with the other species in that genus S. modesta Weise, resulting in Pseudostenophyma being established as a new generic name for this taxon (P. modesta).

Phyllotreta cruciferae. [Distribution map].

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Phyllotreta Cruciferae ◽  
Egg Plant ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) (Col., Chrysomelidae) (Cabbage Flea Beetle). Host Plants: Crucifers, egg plant, hops, beet. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE (excl. USSR), Austria, Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, ASIA (excl. USSR), Cyprus, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, USSR, AFRICA, Algeria, Egypt, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, USA.

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