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Genetics of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

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Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

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The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), is an American insect that belongs to the family Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). The species has been described by Say (1824). The rapid dispersal of the species from Central America throughout the USA to Canada as well as from France through western Europe to China has been reviewed by Jolivet (1991).

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Boiteau, G. (1994). Genetics of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). In: Jolivet, P.H., Cox, M.L., Petitpierre, E. (eds) Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_16

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