Zygogramma
Zygogramma bicolorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Zygogramma
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 [1]
Species

~100, see text

Zygogramma is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, which includes approximately 100 species. 13 species occur north of Mexico.[2]

Adults and larvae are herbivorous on various host plants. Zygogramma exclamationis is a pest species of sunflower crops in North America.[3] At least two species have also been used as a form of biological pest control: Zygogramma bicolorata was introduced to India as a biocontrol agent for the weed Parthenium hysterophorus,[4] and Zygogramma suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).[5]

Selected species

References

  1. "Zygogramma Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  2. "Genus Zygogramma". BugGuide. 2015. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  3. Janet J. Knodel; Laurence D. Charlet; Phillip A. Glogoza (2000). "Biology and Pest Management of the Sunflower Beetle in North Dakota". North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  4. "Zygogramma bicolorata (Mexican beetle)". Invasive Species Compendium. 2012. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  5. Kovalev, O.V.; Reznik, S.Ya.; Cherkashin, V.N. (1983). "Specific features of the methods of using Zygogramma Chevr. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in biological control of ragweeds (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., A. psilostachya D.C.)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenije (in Russian). 62: 402–408.
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