Systena hudsonias (Forster, 1771) is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Systena hudsonias (Forster, 1771)

Systena hudsonias (Forster, 1771)

The black-headed flea beetle Systena hudsonias is a polyphagous Chrysomelidae flea beetle found in North America.

Family
Genus
Systena
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Systena hudsonias (Forster, 1771)

Systena hudsonias, commonly called the black-headed flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle that belongs to the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. This species is found in North America. It is polyphagous, and feeds on plants from seventeen different plant families.

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 Systena

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

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