''Phyllotreta'' is a genus of flea beetles in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. There are at least 300 described species worldwide.
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Agricultural pests
Many species have been recorded as pests of
millet
Millets () are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Most species generally referred to as millets belong to the tribe Paniceae, but some millets al ...
s and
sorghum
''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...
See also
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List of ''Phyllotreta'' species
References
* Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". ''Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1'', 290.
Further reading
* Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
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* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Phyllotreta''
Alticini
Chrysomelidae genera
Insect pests of millets
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
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