Leptinotarsa is a genus of leaf beetles.
Several species in the genus produce leptinotarsin, a toxin similar to the diamphotoxin produced by species of the African leaf beetle genus Diamphidia. Some Leptinotarsa species are parasitised by ground beetles of genus Lebia.
Species
- Leptinotarsa behrensi <small>Harold, 1877</small>
- Leptinotarsa collinsi <small>Wilcox, 1972</small>
- Leptinotarsa decemlineata <small>(Say, 1824)</small> (Colorado potato beetle)
- Leptinotarsa defecta <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Leptinotarsa dellacasai <small>Daccordi & Zoia, 2017</small>
- Leptinotarsa gilberti <small>Daccordi & Zoia, 2017</small>
- Leptinotarsa haldemani <small>Rogers, 1856</small>
- Leptinotarsa heydeni
- Leptinotarsa juncta <small>(Germar, 1824)</small> (false potato beetle)
- Leptinotarsa lineolata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1863</small>
- Leptinotarsa mariachia <small>Daccordi & Zoia, 2017</small>
- Leptinotarsa peninsularis <small>Horn, 1894</small>
- Leptinotarsa rubiginosa <small>Rogers, 1856</small>
- Leptinotarsa texana
- Leptinotarsa tlascalana <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Leptinotarsa tumamoca <small>Tower, 1918</small>
- Leptinotarsa typographica
- Leptinotarsa undecimlineata
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