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Diorhabda
Sign in to saveDiorhabda is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The beetles feed on Tamarix (tamarisk or saltcedar) The genus is native to Europe and Asia, but several species have been intentionally introduced to North America as biological control agents for Tamarix. Common names include tamarisk beetle and saltcedar leaf beetle.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 90
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- USNM, MNA, UNM, NAUF, NMSU
- Recorded in
- Turkmenistan, United States
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- Galerucini
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Diorhabda is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The beetles feed on Tamarix (tamarisk or saltcedar) The genus is native to Europe and Asia, but several species have been intentionally introduced to North America as biological control agents for Tamarix. Common names include tamarisk beetle and saltcedar leaf beetle.
==Species== Diorhabda brevicornis Jacoby, 1889 Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers, 1869) Diorhabda elongata (Brullé, 1832) Diorhabda fischeri (Faldermann, 1837) Diorhabda inconspicua (Jacoby, 1894) Diorhabda koltzei (Weise, 1900) Diorhabda lusca Maulik, 1936 Diorhabda meridionalis Berti & Rapilly, 1973 Diorhabda nigrifrons (Laboissiere, 1914) Diorhabda octocostata Gahan, 1896 Diorhabda persica (Faldermann, 1837) Diorhabda rickmersi (Weise, 1900) Diorhabda robusta (Jacoby, 1899) Diorhabda rybakowi (Weise, 1890) Diorhabda sublineata (Lucas, 1849) Diorhabda tarsalis (Weise, 1889) Diorhabda trirakha (Maulik, 1936) Diorhabda yulensis (Jacoby, 1886)
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