Acalymma trivittatum, the western striped cucumber beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America and North America.[1][4] It is considered a key pest on crops in the Cucurbitaceae family.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Acalymma |
| Species: | A. trivittatum
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| Acalymma trivittatum (Mannerheim, 1843)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Acalymma trivittatum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Acalymma trivittatum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Acalymma trivittatum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Striped Cucumber Beetles: A New Guide Reviews Management Options for Vexing Cucurbit Pests". www.entomologytoday.org/. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
Further reading
edit- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys. 720: 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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