iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.
iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.



Link to original content: https://bugguide.net/node/view/582
Species Leptinotarsa juncta - False Potato Beetle - BugGuide.Net
Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Leptinotarsa » False Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta)

Species Leptinotarsa juncta - False Potato Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
False Potato Bug? - Leptinotarsa juncta funny bug - Leptinotarsa juncta False Potato Beetles - Leptinotarsa juncta - Leptinotarsa juncta False potato beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta Unknown Insect Beetle ? - Leptinotarsa juncta Leptinotarsa juncta Beetle -- Leptinotarsa? - Leptinotarsa juncta first of the season - Leptinotarsa juncta
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Leptinotarsa
Species juncta (False Potato Beetle)
Other Common Names
Bogus Colorado Potato Beetle - C. V. Riley
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar)
Orig. Comb: Chrysomela juncta Germar 1824
Size
9 to 11 mm (1)
Identification
Similar to Colorado Potato Beetle, but elytral punctures are regular instead of irregular. Also, a brown stripe at the center of each elytron (wing cover) and on the inner edge of each elytron (where they meet down the middle) distinguish this species.


Larvae are hump-backed and have one row of black spots down each side.


Pupa:
Range
e US (TX-FL-NY-IL) - Map (2)(3)(4)
Season
mostly May to Oct (BG data)
Food
Main host plant is Solanum carolinense (Carolina horsenettle). Also associated with other Solanaceae including Physalis, Solanum dulcamara, Solanum melongena, and Solanum tuberosum. (5)
See Also
Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (6) has ten black stripes on a pale yellow background and no brown stripes. Larvae of Colorado Potato Beetle have two rows of black spots on each side.
Print References
White, p. 294 (7)
Internet References
Featured Creatures - U. Florida
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
6.Colorado Potato Beetle
7.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 9 December, 2023 - 9:19pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact