Systena sexnotata is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. S. sexnotata is found in North America.[1][2][3] This species lives in Central Texas and Western Texas. They feed on walnuts (Juglandaeae) while larvae feed on roots. This species can grow to a body length of 4.8 millimeters to 5.5 millimeters.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Systena |
| Species: | S. sexnotata
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| Binomial name | |
| Systena sexnotata Fall, 1910
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References
edit- ^ "Systena sexnotata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Systena sexnotata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Systena sexnotata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Species Systena sexnotata". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
Further reading
edit- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
- American Beetles. Vol. II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0849309540.
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