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Diabrotica speciosa

Diabrotica speciosa
Diabrotica speciosa 10 washing its face lavándose la carita 1.JPG
Diabrotica speciosa beetle.
Diabrotica speciosa 17 ventral view vista del vientre 2.JPG
Ventral view.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Genus: Diabrotica
Species: speciosa
Germar, 1824

Diabrotica speciosa, also known as the Cucurbit Beetle and in Spanish as vaquita de San Antonio is an insect pest native to South America. Its larvae feed on the roots of crops.



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