Altica knabii explained
Altica knabii is a species in the tribe Alticini ("flea beetles"), in the subfamily Galerucinae ("skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles").[1] [2] [3] It is found in North America.[2] It overwinters in leaf litter and is associated with Oenothera biennis.[4]
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Altica knabii Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-21.
- Web site: Altica knabii Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2018-01-21.
- Web site: Altica knabii Species Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-01-21.
- Webster . Reginald . LeSage . Laurent . DeMerchant . Ian . New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae . ZooKeys . 4 April 2012 . 179 . 312–348 . 10.3897/zookeys.179.2625. 22539900 . 3337067 . 2012ZooK..179..312W . free .