''Demotina modesta'' is a species of
leaf beetle.
[ It is an ]adventive species
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in the southeastern United States in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, while its native range includes Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
and Korea.[ It is very abundant on oaks. It is known to be parthenogenetic in part of its native range, and no males are known from North America.]
Biology
''Demotina modesta'' is a summer breeder and probably hibernates as larvae or pupae. It lays eggs singly on the undersides of leaves and covers them with excrement.
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Eumolpinae
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Beetles of Asia
Beetles of North America
Beetles described in 1874
Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
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