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Striped Flea Beetle

Phyllotreta striolata

1,478 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 91, February 67, March 105, April 166, May 239, June 261, July 279, August 240, September 176, October 132, November 72, December 56.
United States2,113
Alaska1,885
Canada1,537
Ontario393
Nunavut322
Alberta277
Saskatchewan238
China181
British Columbia122
Manitoba104

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