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Learn about the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), a yellow-orange beetle that is a major pest of potato crops. Find out its description, distribution, human interaction, lifecycle, genetics, and more.
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. It is originally from Central and North America, but has spread elsewhere.
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is commonly known as the 28-spotted potato ladybird [1] or the Hadda beetle. [2] It feeds on the foliage of potatoes and other solanaceous crops. It was previously called Epilachna vigintioctopunctata and is a cryptic species complex. [3]
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 United States as a ...
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Epicauta vittata is a species of beetle in the family Meloidae, the blister beetles. It is native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the eastern United States. [1] It is known commonly as the striped blister beetle and the old-fashioned potato beetle. [2] It is known as an agricultural pest.
The original host plant of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata was the buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum, in Mexico. No association has been found between Lebia grandis and Leptinotarsa 'decemlineata on this host plant. In the 1850s, Leptinotarsa decemlineata began to feed on the potato plant and spread rapidly eastwards on ...
Henosepilachna is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae, including several pest species, such as the 28-spotted potato ladybird (which may refer to either Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata, [1] or Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata [2]).