Striped Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta striolata Fabricius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

• Introduced into North America from Eurasia before 1801, this species is now distributed across southern Canada and the northern U.S.A., southward into California (Chittenden, 1927; Brown, 1967; Beirne, 1971; Burgess, 1981). It is most common in the parkland areas across the northern edge of the prairies.
• Host plants include cabbage, turnip, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, canola, and related vegetables (e.g., sugar beets; tomatoes; horseradish; radish; potatoes), weeds (e.g., flixweed; peppergrass; wild mustard; stinkweed; lamb's quarters), and even mosses. It has often been reported as the second most abundant flea beetle on canola in the prairies.

• Burgess, L. 1977. Flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) attacking rape crops in the Canadian prairie provinces. Canadian Entomologist 12 5: 1011-1021.
• Burgess, L. 1981. Winter sampling to determine overwintering sites and estimate density of adult flea beelte pests of rape (Coleoptera: Chy rsomelidae). Canadian Entomologist 113: 441-447.
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 + L VI plates.

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