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Colorado Potato Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 986, February 728, March 1,141, April 1,794, May 2,587, June 2,821, July 3,019, August 2,596, September 1,906, October 1,423, November 777, December 608.
United States25,745
Alaska20,386
Canada2,546
Germany1,573
Russia1,287
Ontario1,024
Ukraine625
Austria613
Quebec577
Texas551

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
GenusPotato Beetles · Leptinotarsa

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