Leptinotarsa texana, the Texas potato beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Africa, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Leptinotarsa |
| Species: | L. texana
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| Leptinotarsa texana Schaeffer, 1906
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References
edit- ^ "Leptinotarsa texana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Leptinotarsa texana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Leptinotarsa texana species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- Flinte, V.; Abejanella, A.; Daccordi, M.; Monteiro, R. F.; et al. (2017). "Chrysomelinae species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and new biological data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 7". ZooKeys (720): 5–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13963. PMC 5784215. PMID 29391849.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
External links
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