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Phratora hudsonia

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Phratora hudsonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Phratora
Species:
P. hudsonia
Binomial name
Phratora hudsonia
Brown, 1951

Phratora hudsonia, the birch leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] This species is known from Canadian populations at the Great Slave Lake and north shore of Lake Superior.[4] It feeds on birch and is metallic brown in color.[5] It is relatively small in size, like other Phratora species.

References

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  1. ^ "Phratora hudsonia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Phratora hudsonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Brown, W. J. (1951). "The American species of Phratora Chev. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 83 (5): 121–130. doi:10.4039/Ent83121-5. S2CID 86211344.
  4. ^ Lindquist, O. H.; Davis, C. N. (1971). "The biology of a birch leaf beetle Phratora hudsonia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with a larval key to forest chrysomelinae in Ontario". The Canadian Entomologist. 103 (4): 622–626. doi:10.4039/Ent103622-4. S2CID 85053956.

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