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False Potato Beetle

Leptinotarsa juncta

Classification

Class
Insecta

The false potato beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta) is a beetle found primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. Its distribution extends to Maine. Adult beetles emerge from the soil in the late spring or early summer and begin breeding, and a population may go through one to three generations in a summer.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3,284Canada · 17