Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801) is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801)

Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801)

Typophorus nigritus is a leaf beetle species found across the Americas; two of its subspecies are sweet potato pests.

Family
Genus
Typophorus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801)

Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801) is a species of leaf beetle that belongs to the subfamily Eumolpinae. This species is distributed across North America, Central America, and South America. Of the two recognized subspecies of T. nigritus — T. nigritus nitidulus and T. nigritus viridicyaneus — both are known to be pests that affect sweet potatoes.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Typophorus

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

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