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Horseradish Flea Beetle

Phyllotreta armoraciae

370 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) vladimir_teplouhov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 32, February 24, March 38, April 59, May 85, June 93, July 100, August 86, September 63, October 47, November 26, December 20.
United States769
Alaska672
Russia88
Canada43
New York40
Pennsylvania33
Austria32
Steiermark26
Saskatchewan25
Poland16

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusPhyllotreta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Horseradish Flea Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.