Diabrotica cristata (Harris, 1836) is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Diabrotica cristata (Harris, 1836)

Diabrotica cristata, the black diabrotica, is a North American skeletonizing leaf beetle in the Chrysomelidae family.

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Diabrotica

Order

Coleoptera

Class

Insecta

About Diabrotica cristata (Harris, 1836)

Diabrotica cristata, commonly known as the black diabrotica, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle that belongs to the Chrysomelidae family. This species is found in North America.

Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Chrysomelidae › Diabrotica

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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