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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Haldeman's Green Potato Beetle
Leptinotarsa haldemani

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles Family (Chrysomelidae)

-​Subfamily Chrysomelinae

-Tribe Doryphorini

-Subtribe Doryphorina

-Potato Beetles (Genus Leptinotarsa)

-Leptinotarsa haldemani


Leptinotarsa haldemani, known as Haldeman’s leaf beetle, is a species within the family Chrysomelidae. The adult and larval stages feed on the foliage of plants within the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including various wild Solanum species.

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