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Barley Flea-beetle

Phyllotreta vittula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 152, February 112, March 176, April 277, May 399, June 435, July 466, August 401, September 294, October 219, November 120, December 94.
United States3,145
Alaska3,145
Russia98
Germany41
France22
United Kingdom20
England20
Finland20
Leningrad oblast20
Bashkortostan16

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

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