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Integrated Pest Management - Flea Beetles
Key to important Flea Beetle species in USA
Biology and Integrated Pest Management in Canola
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- Introduced into North America from Eurasia in the 1920's, the crucifer flea beetle is now distributed across the grasslands of southern Canada and the northern U.S.A.
- The crucifer flea beetle's hosts include cabbage, turnip, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, canola, and related vegetables (e.g., sugar beets; tomatoes; horseradish; radish; potatoes) and weeds (e.g., flixweed; peppergrass; wild mustard; stinkweed; lamb's quarters) in the cruciferid group. It has often been reported as the most abundant flea beetle on canola.
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References: |
- Burgess, L. 1977. Flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) attacking rape crops in the Canadian prairie provinces. Canadian Entomologist 125: 1011-1021.
- Burgess, L. 1981. Winter sampling to determine overwintering sites and estimate density of adult flea beelte pests of rape (Coleoptera: Chyrsomelidae). Canadian Entomologist 113: 441-447.
- Kinoshita, G.B., Svec, H.J., Harris, C.R., McEwen F.L. 1979. Biology of the crucifer flea beetle, Phyllotreta crucifer (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in southwestern Ontario. Canadian Entomologist 111(12): 1395-1407
- Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. AMERICAN BEETLES. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.
- Warchalowski, A. 2003. CHRYSOMELIDAE, The Leaf-beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean area. Natura optima dux Fundation Warsawa 600 pp + LVI plates.
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