Aulacophora hilaris, also known as Pumpkin Beetle, Banded Pumpkin Beetle,[1][2] Pumpkin Flea Beetle or Spotted Pumpkin Beetle,[3] is a beetle in the genus Aulacophora that is found in Australia.[4]
Aulacophorahilaris is orange and has four distinct black spots on its wing covers[2] and has a length of 6 mm - 7 mm.[5]
Distributionedit
Aulacophora hilaris is found in Eastern Australia, including in the Sydney area.[6]
As a pestedit
Aulacophora hilaris is considered a pest as it feeds on members of the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes cucumbers and pumpkins hence its common name.[5][7]
Referencesedit
^"Beetles in vegetable crops". AUSVEG. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
^ abKunjwal, Neha; Srivastava, Ravi Mohan (2018), "Insect Pests of Vegetables", Pests and Their Management, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 163–221, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8687-8_7, ISBN978-981-10-8686-1, retrieved 2023-09-17
aulacophora, hilaris, also, known, pumpkin, beetle, banded, pumpkin, beetle, pumpkin, flea, beetle, spotted, pumpkin, beetle, beetle, genus, aulacophora, that, found, australia, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropo. Aulacophora hilaris also known as Pumpkin Beetle Banded Pumpkin Beetle 1 2 Pumpkin Flea Beetle or Spotted Pumpkin Beetle 3 is a beetle in the genus Aulacophora that is found in Australia 4 Aulacophora hilaris Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Infraorder Cucujiformia Family Chrysomelidae Genus Aulacophora Species A hilaris Binomial name Aulacophora hilaris Boisduval 1835 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 As a pest 4 ReferencesDescription editAulacophora hilaris is orange and has four distinct black spots on its wing covers 2 and has a length of 6 mm 7 mm 5 Distribution editAulacophora hilaris is found in Eastern Australia including in the Sydney area 6 As a pest editAulacophora hilaris is considered a pest as it feeds on members of the family Cucurbitaceae which includes cucumbers and pumpkins hence its common name 5 7 References edit Beetles in vegetable crops AUSVEG Retrieved 2023 09 17 a b Kunjwal Neha Srivastava Ravi Mohan 2018 Insect Pests of Vegetables Pests and Their Management Singapore Springer Singapore pp 163 221 doi 10 1007 978 981 10 8687 8 7 ISBN 978 981 10 8686 1 retrieved 2023 09 17 Aulacophora hilaris Boisduval 1835 www agric wa gov au Retrieved 2023 09 17 Aulacophora hilaris pumpkin flea beetle www cabi org Retrieved 2022 03 23 a b Pumpkin Beetle Australia Atlas of Living Species Aulacophora hilaris bie ala org au Retrieved 2022 03 23 Aulacophora hilaris AUACHI Host plants EPPO Global Database gd eppo int Retrieved 2022 03 23 nbsp This Galerucinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aulacophora hilaris amp oldid 1196589170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
