Trirhabda flavolimbata

Trirhabda flavolimbata is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3] It is found in California along the coast of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its main host plant is coyote bush, but it also feeds on other species of Baccharis, as well as Aster, Senecio, Artemisia, Solidago, and Eriodictyon. It has one brood a season, with larvae active February to March and adults active April to May.[4][5]

Trirhabda flavolimbata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Trirhabda
Species:
T. flavolimbata
Binomial name
Trirhabda flavolimbata
(Mannerheim, 1843)

References

  1. "Trirhabda flavolimbata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Trirhabda flavolimbata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Tilden, J.W. (June 1953). "Biological Notes on Trirhabda flavolimbata (Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 7 (3): 20–23. JSTOR 3998772 via JSTOR.
  4. Palmer, W.A. (June 1986). "The Host Range of Trirhabda flavolimbata (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Its Suitability as a Biological Control Agent for Baccharis Spp. (Asteraceae: Astereae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 40 (2): 149–153. JSTOR 4008402 via JSTOR.

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