Directory of Leptinotarsa Resources

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Genus of leaf beetles, including the Colorado potato beetle.

Resources in This Category

• Colorado Potato Beetle

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_potato_beetle
  Information from Wikipedia on Leptinotarsa decemlineata, its life cycle and status as a crop pest.

• Leptinotarsa decemlineata and Leptinotarsa juncta

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/potato_beetles.htm
  Photographs and information on the Colorado Potato Beetle and the False Potato Beetle, their biology, hosts and management.

• Leptinotarsa decemlineata: Colorado Potato Beetle

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/coloradopotatobeetle.htm
  Photographs of this beetle and information on its hosts, symptoms, life cycle and description.

• The Colorado Potato Beetle Goes to War

  http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/hsp/documents/CWCB33-Garrett.pdf
  Historical article about how, in the 1940s, the Germans investigated the possible use of these pests as an offensive weapon.

 

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