Diabrotica speciosa

TaxID: 133126

Basic Information

Diabrotica speciosa

Cucurbit Beetle

Diabrotica speciosa, also known as the cucurbit beetle and in Spanish as vaquita de San Antonio (this common name is also given to many ladybugs) is an insect pest native to South America. Its larvae feed on the roots of crops. The cucurbit beetle is also known to transmit several viruses such as comoviruses and different mosaic viruses. This is native to South America and is now distributed in Central America and other global areas. Common names include the Cucurbit Beetle and San Antonio beetle. Their native land is South America in countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Their current distribution is in Central America including countries such as Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama. There are no known location or year of first introduction of D. speciosa to new habitats.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Diabrotica

speciosa

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Andrès Costa@BY-NC
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(c) dougmino@BY-NC-SA
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(c) djhiker@BY-NC
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(c) unknown@CC0
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(c) unknown@CC0

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (16 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (12 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Belarus Absent —
EPPO A1 Absent —
Georgia Absent 2018
Guatemala Absent —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
Turkey Unknow 2016
Ukraine Absent 2019
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Distribution (14 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Colombia Present —
Ecuador Present —
France Present —
Grenada Present —
French Guiana Present —
Mexico Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature