Leptinotarsa

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

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

Leptinotarsa is a genus of leaf beetles.

Species

Leptinotarsa behrensi Harold, 1877
Leptinotarsa collinsi Wilcox, 1972
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, 1824 (Colorado potato beetle)
Leptinotarsa defecta Stål, 1859
Leptinotarsa dellacasai Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
Leptinotarsa gilberti Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
Leptinotarsa haldemani Rogers, 1856
Leptinotarsa heydeni
Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar, 1824) (false potato beetle)
Leptinotarsa lineolata Stål, 1863
Leptinotarsa mariachia Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
Leptinotarsa peninsularis Horn, 1894
Leptinotarsa rubiginosa Rogers, 1856
Leptinotarsa texana
Leptinotarsa tlascalana Stål, 1858
Leptinotarsa tumamoca Tower, 1918
Leptinotarsa typographica
Leptinotarsa undecimlineata

References

"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. (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

External links

Leptinotarsa at the Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

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[1] "Leptinotarsa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] Chaboo, Caroline (2011). "Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles: From the unusual to the weird" (PDF). 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.