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Blepharida
Blepharida is a genus of leaf beetles of the subfamily Galerucinae. They have co-evolved with plants in the genus Bursera, which they feed on. The plants have developed a sticky, poisonous resin that sprays out when the leaves are bitten into, and the beetles have evolved to cut through the veins of the leaves to disable this mechanism first. There are currently 73 known species in Blepharida, which are found in the Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical and southern Palearctic realms.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sumac Flea Beetle
speciesBlepharida rhois
Blepharida jacobyana
speciesBlepharida jacobyana
Blepharida sonorana
speciesBlepharida sonorana
Blepharida notozonae
speciesBlepharida notozonae
Blepharida bryanti
speciesBlepharida bryanti
Blepharida sonorstriata
speciesBlepharida sonorstriata
Blepharida quatuordecimpunctata
speciesBlepharida quatuordecimpunctata
Blepharida melanoptera
speciesBlepharida melanoptera
Blepharida pallida
speciesBlepharida pallida
Blepharida parallela
speciesBlepharida parallela
Blepharida alternata
speciesBlepharida alternata
Blepharida mexicana
speciesBlepharida mexicana
Blepharida flohri
speciesBlepharida flohri
Blepharida irrorata
speciesBlepharida irrorata
Blepharida maculicollis
speciesBlepharida maculicollis
Blepharida punctatissima
speciesBlepharida punctatissima
Blepharida haitiensis
speciesBlepharida haitiensis
Blepharida flavocostata
speciesBlepharida flavocostata
Blepharida hinchahuevosi
speciesBlepharida hinchahuevosi
Blepharida johngi
speciesBlepharida johngi
Blepharida schlectendalii
speciesBlepharida schlectendalii
Blepharida unami
speciesBlepharida unami
Blepharida verdea
speciesBlepharida verdea
Blepharida xochipala
speciesBlepharida xochipala
Blepharida godmani
speciesBlepharida godmani
Blepharida humeralis
speciesBlepharida humeralis
Blepharida judithae
speciesBlepharida judithae
Blepharida lineata
speciesBlepharida lineata
Blepharida multimaculata
speciesBlepharida multimaculata
Blepharida singularis
speciesBlepharida singularis
Blepharida sparsa
speciesBlepharida sparsa
Blepharida trifasciata
speciesBlepharida trifasciata
Blepharida variegatus
speciesBlepharida variegatus
Blepharida alticola
speciesBlepharida alticola
Blepharida atripennis
speciesBlepharida atripennis
Blepharida balyi
speciesBlepharida balyi
Blepharida conspersa
speciesBlepharida conspersa
Blepharida gabrielae
speciesBlepharida gabrielae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 173329.