Altica chalybea (grape flea beetle) is a leaf beetle which consumes the buds of grape vines, reducing vegetative growth.[1]
Altica chalybea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Altica |
Species: | A. chalybea
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Binomial name | |
Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807
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Appearance
editThe grape flea beetle is a small bluish-green beetle. Like many Chrysomelids, it has a reflective appearance, hence its other name, the "grape steely beetle."
References
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