Key to the common flea beetles of North Dakota

Gerald M. Fauske



6e. (6b.) Pronotum finely punctate.  Elytral punctures in grooves with wide interspaces. 
        Body form elongate-oval, about twice as long as wide.

Chaetocnema confinis Crotch- Sweetpotato flea beetle

 


6e.' Pronotum punctures largely obsolete.  Elytral punctures in shallow grooves which
     appear as wide as interspaces.  Body form oval, about one and a half times as long as wide.

Chaetocnema ectypa Horn- Desert corn flea beetle

          

 

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Flea Beetles of North Dakota
contact:  gerald.fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu

North Dakota State University
2003