About Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807
Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807, commonly known as the grape flea beetle, is a species of leaf beetle. It feeds on the buds of grape vines, and this feeding activity reduces the vines' vegetative growth.
Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807 is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807
Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807
Altica chalybea, the grape flea beetle, is a leaf beetle that eats grape vine buds and reduces the vines' vegetative growth.
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Taxonomy
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Sphenoraia nebulosa (Gyllenhal, 1808)
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Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Eurypepla calochroma (Blake, 1965)
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Austropsecadia chlorina (Weise, 1899)
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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