Epitrix

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| image = Epitrix P1280533a.jpg

| image_caption = Epitrix sp.

| taxon = Epitrix

| authority = Foudras in Mulsant, 1860

| type_species = Epitrix atropae

| type_species_authority = Foudras in Mulsant, 1860

| synonyms =

  • Epithrix Bedel, 1899
  • Euplecnema Jacoby, 1906

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Epitrix is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 162 described species in Epitrix, which occur in all continents except Australia and Antarctica.{{cite journal|last1=Bieńkowski|first1=A.O.|last2=Orlova-Bienkowskaja|first2=M.|year=2017|title=World checklist of flea-beetles of the genus Epitrix (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4268|issue=4|pages=523–540|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.4|pmid=28610351 }} Many species of the genus are serious pests of potatoes and other plants in the Solanaceae family.

File:Tobacco flea beetle - Epitrix hirtipennis UGA5205021.jpg

Species

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References

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  • 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.

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Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Category:Alticini

Category:Chrysomelidae genera