Luperaltica Senilis
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''Luperaltica'' is a genus of
flea beetle The flea beetle is any small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae) that is part of the tribe (biology), tribe Alticini, which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own ...
s in the family
Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
. There are at least four described species in ''Luperaltica'' from North America, and others from
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North American species

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Luperaltica nigripalpis ''Luperaltica nigripalpis'' is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making ...
'' (J. L. LeConte, 1859) * '' Luperaltica nitida'' Wilcox, 1953 * '' Luperaltica semiflava'' (Fall in Fall & Cockerell, 1907) * '' Luperaltica senilis'' (Say, 1824)


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Further reading

* * Alticini Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by George Robert Crotch {{Galerucinae-stub