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Leptinotarsa decemlineata Colorado potato beetle Kartoffelkäfer, Coloradokäfer |
 Specimen photographed in Seeburg (Niedersachsen, Germany) on August 03, 2008.  Specimen photographed in Seeburg (Niedersachsen, Germany) on August 03, 2008.  Specimen photographed in Korswandt (Insel Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) on August 08, 2009.  Specimen photographed in Korswandt (Insel Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) on August 08, 2009. Subspecies A number of varieties have been described, but none of them are true subspecies. No subspecies of Leptinotarsa decemlineata are recognized. Original description Say, 1824 Type locality: Mexico Synonyms Doryphora decemlineata Say, 1824 Chrysomela decemlineata (Say,
1824)
Myocoryna
multilineata Stal, 1859Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824) Leptinotarsa decemlineata decemlineata (Say, 1824) Myocoryna multitaeniata Stal, 1859 Leptinotarsa multitaeniata
(Stal, 1859)
Leptinotarsa
decemlineata tortuosa Tower, 1906Leptinotarsa decemlineata multitaeniata (Stal, 1859) Leptinotarsa decemlineata pallida Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata defectopunctata Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata melanicum Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata minuta Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata immaculothorax Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata albida Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata rubrivittata Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata obscurata Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa intermedia Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa oblongata Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa rubicunda Tower, 1906 Leptinotarsa decemlineata atrocephala Pic, 1945 (infrasubspecific) Leptinotarsa decemlineata nigra Machatschke, 1953 (p. 310) (infrasubspecific) Type locality:
possibly Berlin (Germany).
Identification In Germany this is the only species of the genus and unmistakeable. In North America a few similar species occur that can be separated by the pattern of stripes on the elytra and by the color of the legs. Distribution Native to North America, distributed from Mexico throughout the USA to southern Canada. The species has been introduced elsewhere and is now widespread in Europe and Asia including Russia and China. The first records in Europe (in the UK) date from 1875; first records in Germany are from 1914. The species is now firmly established in Germany. Biology This page has been updated on March 31, 2012 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved. |
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