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Epitrix

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Epitrix is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 162 described species in Epitrix, which occur in all continents except Australia and Antarctica.[1] Many species of the genus are serious pests of potatoes and other plants in the Solanaceae family.

Epitrix hirtipennis

Species

References

  1. ^ Bieńkowski, A.O.; Orlova-Bienkowskaja, M. (2017). "World checklist of flea-beetles of the genus Epitrix (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)". Zootaxa. 4268 (4): 523–540. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.4. PMID 28610351.
  • Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
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Epitrix: Brief Summary

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Epitrix is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 162 described species in Epitrix, which occur in all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Many species of the genus are serious pests of potatoes and other plants in the Solanaceae family.

Epitrix hirtipennis
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Distribution

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All zoogeographical regions (Fig. 313).
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Maurizio Biondi, Paola D’Alessandro
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Biondi M, D’Alessandro P (2012) Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) ZooKeys 253: 1–158
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