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Metallic Flea Beetles
Altica
Altica (New Latin from Greek ἁλτικός, haltikós, "jumper" or "jumping") is a large genus of flea beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae, with about 300 species, distributed nearly worldwide. The genus is best represented in the Neotropic region, well represented in the Nearctic and Palearctic, but occurs also in the Afrotropic, Indomalaya and Australasia. The species are similar to each other, small metallic blue-green-bronze beetles, often distinguished from each other only by the aedeagus. The species of...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Altica bimarginata
complexAltica bimarginata
Grape Flea Beetle
speciesAltica chalybea
Altica birmanensis
speciesAltica birmanensis
Purple-collared Flea Beetle
speciesAltica torquata
Altica corrusca
speciesAltica corrusca
Altica obliterata
speciesAltica obliterata
Altica cyanea
speciesAltica cyanea
Altica lythri
speciesAltica lythri
Altica oleracea
speciesAltica oleracea
Altica viridana
speciesAltica viridana
Altica tombacina
speciesAltica tombacina
Altica kalmiae
speciesAltica kalmiae
Altica quercetorum
speciesAltica quercetorum
Altica litigata
speciesAltica litigata
Altica aenea
speciesAltica aenea
Apple Flea Beetle
speciesAltica foliacea
Altica bicarinata
speciesAltica bicarinata
Dogwood Flea Beetle
speciesAltica corni
Altica aenescens
speciesAltica aenescens
Altica brevicollis
speciesAltica brevicollis
Altica ampelophaga
speciesAltica ampelophaga
Altica probata
speciesAltica probata
Altica caerulescens
speciesAltica caerulescens
Altica gravida
speciesAltica gravida
Altica cirsicola
speciesAltica cirsicola
Altica napensis
speciesAltica napensis
Altica cornivorax
speciesAltica cornivorax
Altica woodsi
speciesAltica woodsi
Altica chamaenerii
speciesAltica chamaenerii
Altica knabii
speciesAltica knabii
Altica tamaricis
speciesAltica tamaricis
Altica palustris
speciesAltica palustris
Rose Flea Beetle
speciesAltica rosae
Altica ericeti
speciesAltica ericeti
Altica impressicollis
speciesAltica impressicollis
Altica texana
speciesAltica texana
Altica pedipallida
speciesAltica pedipallida
Altica ulmi
speciesAltica ulmi
Altica iberica
speciesAltica iberica
Altica deserticola
speciesAltica deserticola
Altica helianthemi
speciesAltica helianthemi
Altica subcostata
speciesAltica subcostata
Altica circaeae
speciesAltica circaeae
Altica japonica
speciesAltica japonica
Altica carinthiaca
speciesAltica carinthiaca
Altica engstroemi
speciesAltica engstroemi
Altica gloriosa
speciesAltica gloriosa
Altica chingfui
speciesAltica chingfui
Altica occidentalis
speciesAltica occidentalis
Altica carduorum
speciesAltica carduorum
Altica ribis
speciesAltica ribis
Altica weisei
speciesAltica weisei
Blueberry Flea Beetle
speciesAltica sylvia
Altica viridicyanea
speciesAltica viridicyanea
Prairie Flea Beetle
speciesAltica canadensis
Altica heucherae
speciesAltica heucherae
Altica inaerata
speciesAltica inaerata
Altica lazulina
speciesAltica lazulina
Altica vicaria
speciesAltica vicaria
Altica brisleyi
speciesAltica brisleyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173228.