flea beetle
See also: fleabeetle
English
Noun
flea beetle (plural flea beetles)
- Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.
Hyponyms
- Alberta flea beetle (Phyllotreta alberta)
- alligator weed flea beetle (Agasicles hygrophila)
- alder flea beetle (Altica ambiens)
- barley flea beetle (Phyllotreta vittula)
- bladder clawed flea beetles (subtribe Oedionychina spp.)
- Boca Chica flea beetle (Chaetocnema rileyi)
- brassy flea beetle (Chaetocnema concinna)
- bronzy brassica flea beetle (Phyllotreta aeneicollis)
- buttonwood flea beetle (Chaetocnema brunnescens)
- cabbage-stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala)
- cloverr flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria)
- corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria)
- desert corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema ectypa)
- Du Plessis's flea beetle (Serraphula duplessisi)
- eight-spotted flea beetle (Omophoita cyanipennis)
- hop flea beetle (Psylliodes punctulatus)
- horseradish flea beetle (Phyllotreta armoraciae)
- large-striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta nemorum)
- Lundy flea beetle (Psylliodes luridipennis)
- metallic flea beetles (Altica spp.)
- moss-eating flea beetle (Cangshanaltica fuanensis)
- opulent flea beetle (Chaetocnema opulenta)
- pale-striped flea beetle
- potato flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris; Psylliodes affinis)
- ragwort flea beetle (Longitarsus jacobaeae)
- small striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta undulata)
- spinach flea beetle (Disonycha xanthomelas)
- spurge flea beetles (Aphthona)
- squash flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris)
- strawberry flea beetle (Altica ignita)
- striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta striolata)
- striped turnip flea beetle
- sweet-potato flea beetle (Chaetocnema confinis)
- tobacco flea beetle (Epitrix hirtipennis)
- toothed flea beetle (Chaetocnema denticulata)
- tuber flea beetle (Epitrix tuberis)
- turnip flea beetle (Phyllotreta striolata)
- western black flea beetle (Phyllotreta pusilla)
- western striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta ramosa)
- willow flea beetle (Crepidodera aurata)
Translations
beetles of tribe Alticini
References
- “flea beetle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- flea beetle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chrysomelidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Chrysomelidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons