Mantura floridana Crotch, 1873 is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mantura floridana Crotch, 1873

Mantura floridana Crotch, 1873

Mantura floridana is a leaf-mining flea beetle found in North America whose larvae feed on Fallopia scandens.

Family
Genus
Mantura
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Mantura floridana Crotch, 1873

Mantura floridana is a species of flea beetle that belongs to the Chrysomelidae family. This species occurs in North America. Its larvae are leaf miners that feed on Fallopia scandens. Due to their leaf-mining lifestyle, the yellow-colored larvae are visible through the epidermis of the host plant's leaves.

Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Mantura

More from Chrysomelidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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