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Synonyms [ 2 ] Doryphora decemlineataSay, 1824. Stilodes decemlineata. The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata; also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, and the potato bug) is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops.
The false potato beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta) is a beetle found primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.Its distribution extends to Maine. Adult beetles emerge from the soil in the late spring or early summer and begin breeding, and a population may go through one to three generations in a summer.
Jerusalem crickets (or potato bugs) [1] are a group of large, flightless insects in the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus, together comprising the tribe Stenopelmatini. The former genus is native to the western United States and parts of Mexico , while the latter genus is from Central America .
Lema daturaphila. Kogan and Goeden, 1970. Synonyms. Lema trilineata (Olivier, 1808) Crioceris trilineata Olivier, 1808. Lema trivittata Say 1824. Lema daturaphila, commonly known as the three-lined potato beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is originally from Central and North America, but has spread elsewhere.
Colorado beetle. The war against the potato beetle was a campaign launched in Warsaw Pact countries during the Cold War to eradicate the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). It was also a propaganda operation that alleged it was introduced into East Germany, the People's Republic of Poland and Communist Czechoslovakia by the ...
Genus: Lebia. Species: L. grandis. Binomial name. Lebia grandis. Say, 1823. Lebia grandis is a ground beetle in the family Carabidae found in North America. It is a specialist predator on the eggs and larvae of Colorado potato beetles, and its larvae are obligate parasitoids of Colorado potato beetle pupae.
Tribe: Stenopelmatini. Genus: Stenopelmatus. Burmeister, 1838. Synonyms. Stenopelmatopterus Gorochov, 1988. Stenopelmatus[notes 1] is one of two genera of large, flightless insects referred to commonly as Jerusalem crickets (or "potato bugs"). They are primarily native to Central America, and one species is known from Ecuador.
Lema. Species: L. trivittata. Binomial name. Lema trivittata. Weber, 1909. Lema trivittata, known generally as the three-lined lema beetle or three-lined potato beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] It is an introduced species in Australia [4]