Colorado Potato Beetle

The Colorado Potato Beetle is a garden pest that ruins all the relatives of potato plants, including peppers and tomatoes.

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TAXONOMY:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Chrysomelidae

Genus: Leptinotarsa

Species: decemlineata

The Colorado Potato Beetle is typically 0.1 inches to 0.4 inches (5mm to 11mm) in size and has the following descriptors / identifiers: yellow and black lines on back; orange head with black dots and dashes; rounded body; flying; garden pest; small; groups; cluster.

It has a typical diet of the following: potato; tomato; eggplant; pepper; nightshades.

Color Identification Guide

Various colors commonly associated with this beetle.

Orange

Yellow

Black

Beetle Anatomy

Territorial Area Map (Visual Reference Guide)

The map below showcases (in blue) the states and territories of North America where the Colorado Potato Beetle may be found (but is not limited to). This sort of data can be useful in seeing concentrations of a particular species over the continent as well as revealing possible migratory patterns over a species' given lifespan. Some species are naturally confined by environment, weather, mating habits, food resources and the like while others see widespread expansion across most, or all, of North America.

Alaska

Hawaii

Prince Edward Is.

Canadian territory of British Columbia graphic

Canadian territory of New Brunswick graphic

Canadian territory of Newfoundland and Labrador graphic

Canadian territory of Saskatchewan graphic

Territory map graphic of the country of Mexico

Contiguous United States shape map layer graphic

Newfoundland and Labrador

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