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False Potato Beetle

Leptinotarsa juncta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 45, February 54, March 67, April 107, May 164, June 235, July 154, August 165, September 68, October 62, November 44, December 44.
United States8,142
Pennsylvania1,285
Ohio1,191
New York1,096
Virginia803
Maryland651
North Carolina481
Canada429
Ontario423
New Jersey406

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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
GenusPotato Beetles · Leptinotarsa

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