Aphthona flava is a beetle of the genusAphthona. BOOMSHACALACALACALACALCAACA!!!! POOOOOOPPPPPIIIIEEEE!!! Download high resolution version (640x953, 86 KB)Aphthona flava flea beetle feeding on leafy spurge. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). ... Subfamily Alticinae Bruchinae Cassidinae Chlamisinae Chrysomelinae Clytrinae Criocerinae Cryptocephalinae Donaciinae Eumolpinae Galerucinae Hispinae Lamprosomatinae Megalopodinae Sagrinae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, or leaf beetles is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2500 genera. ... Aphthona is a genus in the Chrysomelidae family of beetles. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga many subgroups: see Subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles (order Coleoptera) are one of the main groups of insects. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Aphthona is a genus in the Chrysomelidae family of beetles. ...
This flea beetlegenus is important because of the usefulness of some species in controlling leafy spurge, a major invasive weed in parts of western North America.
Several Aphthona species have been taken from Europe and introduced into localized areas of the United States and Canada, and some success against the weed is being seen.