Tamarisk Leaf Beetle

Description: The en:leaf beetle Diorhabda elongata is the first approved biological control agent for saltcedar in the United States. USDA photograph by Bob Richard. Image Number K8836-1. Source: US gov. Author: US gov.

Diorhabda elongata (adult) Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Classis: Insecta • Ordo: Coleoptera • Subordo: Polyphaga (Coleoptera) • Infraordo: Cucujiformia • Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea • Familia: Chrysomelidae • Subfamilia: Galerucinae • Tribus: Galerucini • Genus: Diorhabda • Species: Diorhabda elongata Brullé, 1832 Vernacular names English: Mediterranean Tamarisk Beetle (Note: no wikidata item is associated with this gallery) Place: Sfakaki, Crete, Greece (colony source) : Wikispecies has an entry on: Diorhabda elongata. Description: English: Diorhabda elongata on tamarisk from Crete, Greece in U.S. Date: 2005. Source: Own work. Author: USDA/ARS, JamesLTracy.

Diorhabda elongata (third instar larva) Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Classis: Insecta • Ordo: Coleoptera • Subordo: Polyphaga (Coleoptera) • Infraordo: Cucujiformia • Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea • Familia: Chrysomelidae • Subfamilia: Galerucinae • Tribus: Galerucini • Genus: Diorhabda • Species: Diorhabda elongata Brullé, 1832 Vernacular names English: Mediterranean Tamarisk Beetle (Note: no wikidata item is associated with this gallery) Place: Sfakaki, Crete, Greece (colony source) : Wikispecies has an entry on: Diorhabda elongata. Description: English: Diorhabda elongata Third instar larva on tamarisk from Crete, Greece in U.S. Date: 2005. Source: Own work. Author: USDA/ARS, JamesLTracy.