Psylliodes affinis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Psylliodes
Name
Psylliodes affinis (Paykull, 1799)** – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., near Maces Bay, 45.12447°N, 66.47346°W, 12.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, barrier beach, sweeping Solanum sp. (10, RWC).
Collection and habitat data
A series of Psylliodes affinis from New Brunswick was swept from the foliage of a Solanum sp. on a barrier beach during August. The second author observed leaves of the climbing nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.) in Aylmer (QC), north of Ottawa (ON), punctured with many small holes by adults of Psylliodes affinis.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
ON, QC, NB (LeSage 1991[1]; Riley et al. 2003[2]). This is an adventive Palaearctic species now established in most of the northeastern United States (Riley et al. 2003[2]).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; LeSage, L; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae ZooKeys, 179: 321-348. doi
Other References
- ↑ LeSage L (1991) Family Chrysomelidae: leaf beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed). Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario: 301-323.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Riley E, Clark S, Seeno T (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 pp.
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