Spotted cucumber beetle

Spotted cucumber beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Diabrotica
Species:	D. undecimpunctata
Binomial name
Diabrotica undecimpunctata (L.)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

The spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) is a major agricultural pest insect (see also cucumber beetle). In the adult form it eats and damages leaves of many crops, including cucumbers, soybeans, cotton, beans and many others. In the larval form, which is known as the southern corn rootworm, it tunnels through the roots of young plants, stunting or killing them. These native pests have a wide range of host plants, but will readily infest a field of crop plants, most notoriously corn.

Adult beetles are greenish-yellow with six large black spots on each elytron. They are about half a centimeter long. The larvae are yellowish and wormlike.

The spotted cucumber beetle has three subspecies, each with a different common name;

• the Spotted cucumber beetle (a.k.a. Southern corn rootworm) is Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi
• the Western cucumber beetle is Diabrotica undecimpunctata tenella
• the Western spotted cucumber beetle is Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata.

Distribution

It is found throughout Southern Asia,Europe and Africa.

This leaf beetle article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Chrysomelidae Beetles of North America Agricultural pest insects Chrysomelidae stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? The Hammer Big Gum Swamp Wilderness Look at other dictionaries: spotted cucumber beetle — noun Date: 1923 a rather slender greenish yellow beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi) that feeds as an adult on various ornamental and crop plants and is a vector of wilt disease especially of cucumbers and melons …   New Collegiate Dictionary spotted cucumber beetle — noun A kind of beetle …   Wiktionary spotted cucumber beetle — noun : a rather slender greenish yellow beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi) that feeds as an adult on the foliage and flowers of various ornamental and crop plants and is a vector of wilt disease of cucurbit plants (as cucumbers and… …   Useful english dictionary Cucumber beetle — The Cucumber Beetle Spotted Cucumber Beetle …   Wikipedia cucumber beetle — any leaf beetle of the genus Diabrotica and related genera that feeds on cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family and is a vector of cucurbit wilt. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * Any of several leaf beetles (genus Diabrotica) that are important… …   Universalium cucumber beetle — noun : any of several leaf beetles that are especially injurious to cucumbers and squashes, attacking the leaves as adults and the roots and stems as larvae see spotted cucumber beetle, striped cucumber beetle; compare corn rootworm * * * any… …   Useful english dictionary Diabrotica — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia Bacterial wilt — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Erwinia tracheiphila regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae genus = Erwinia species = Erwinia tracheiphila Bacterial wilt is… …   Wikipedia Chrysomeloidea — Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia southern corn rootworm — noun Date: 1918 spotted cucumber beetle …   New Collegiate Dictionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”