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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CANADIAN SPECIES OF ALTICA FEEDING ON BIRCH (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE, ALTICINAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Laurent LeSage*
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Biosystematics Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6

Abstract

Altica subcostata sp.nov. is described and illustrated. This flea beetle feeds on Betula spp. and is recorded from Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Résumé

L’auteur décrit et illustre Altica subcostata sp.nov. Cette altise, qui se nourrit de Betula spp., est signalée du Manitoba, de l’Alberta, et de la Colombie-Britannique. [Fourni par l’auteur]

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1990

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