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Colorado Potato Beetle

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The Colorado potato beetle is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops, about 10 millimeters long, with a bright yellow or orange body marked by five bold brown stripes along the length of each wing. Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly through potato crops across the United States and then Europe beginning in 1859.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Herbivore 2

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 3

Relationship to People

Agricultural or Structural Pest 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 2

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Orange-yellow body with 10 characteristic black stripes on the front wings (elytra). 1

Scientific Name

Leptinotarsa decemlineata 1

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 2

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Colorado Potato Beetle (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Leptinotarsa decemlineata

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Sources

1. Wikipedia, Colorado potato beetle

Lead paragraph, first sentence
The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata; also known as the Colorado beetle
Description section
The beetles are orange-yellow in color with 10 characteristic black stripes on their front wings or elytra.
known for being a major pest of potato crops

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2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Primary Diet, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List Not Evaluated
In Biome: Grassland, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland

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3. GBIF Species API

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Leptinotarsa decemlineata

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Wikidata: Colorado Potato Beetle

Wikidata Q156954, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

Colorado Potato Beetle (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q156954 (P1034 main food source): tomato
Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): tomato.
Child Taxon Of: Chrysomelidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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