Phratora hudsonia
| Phratora hudsonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Phratora |
| Species: | P. hudsonia
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| Binomial name | |
| Phratora hudsonia Brown, 1951
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Phratora hudsonia, the birch leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] This species is known from Canadian populations at the Great Slave Lake and north shore of Lake Superior.[4] It feeds on birch and is metallic brown in color.[5] It is relatively small in size, like other Phratora species.
References[edit]
- ^ "Phratora hudsonia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Phratora hudsonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Phratora hudsonia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Brown, W. J. (1951). "The American species of Phratora Chev. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 83 (5): 121–130. doi:10.4039/Ent83121-5. S2CID 86211344.
- ^ Lindquist, O. H.; Davis, C. N. (1971). "The biology of a birch leaf beetle Phratora hudsonia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with a larval key to forest chrysomelinae in Ontario". The Canadian Entomologist. 103 (4): 622–626. doi:10.4039/Ent103622-4. S2CID 85053956.
Further reading[edit]
- Flinte, V.; Abejanella, A.; Daccordi, M.; Monteiro, R. F.; et al. (2017). "Chrysomelinae species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and new biological data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 7". ZooKeys (720): 5–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13963. PMC 5784215. PMID 29391849.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.