Epitrix

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Epitrix
Epitrix sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Epitrix
Foudras in Mulsant, 1860
Type species
Epitrix atropae
Foudras in Mulsant, 1860
Synonyms
  • Epithrix Bedel, 1899
  • Euplecnema Jacoby, 1906

Epitrix is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 162 described species in Epitrix, which occur in all continents except Australia and Antarctica.[1] Many species of the genus are serious pests of potatoes and other plants in the Solanaceae family.

Epitrix hirtipennis

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