Demotina facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Demotina |
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| A Demotina modesta beetle | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Demotina Baly, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Demotina bowringii Baly, 1863
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Leprotes Weise, 1923 |
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Demotina is a group of small insects called leaf beetles. They belong to a larger family of beetles known as Eumolpinae. Think of a genus as a family name for different types of beetles that are very similar.
There are more than 50 different kinds, or "species," of Demotina beetles. Most of these beetles live in Asia, Australia, and the islands of Oceania. However, one type, called Demotina modesta, has traveled and now lives in the southeastern United States in North America. When a species moves to a new place and starts living there, it's called an adventive species.
Some Demotina beetles are special because they can reproduce without a male. This is called parthenogenesis. It means the female beetle can lay eggs that hatch into new beetles all by herself!
What Kinds of Demotina Beetles Are There?
There are many different species in the Demotina group. Here are just a few examples of the over 50 known species:
- Demotina albomaculata
- Demotina albonotata
- Demotina alni
- Demotina andrewesi
- Demotina atra
- Demotina aurosquama
- Demotina australis
- Demotina bicoloriceps
- Demotina bifasciata
- Demotina bipunctata
- Demotina bivittata
- Demotina bowringii
- Demotina ceylonensis
- Demotina collaris
- Demotina costata
- Demotina cylindricollis
- Demotina decorata
- Demotina decoratella
- Demotina difficilis
- Demotina dissimilis
- Demotina elegans
- Demotina evansi
- Demotina fasciata
- Demotina fasciculata
- Demotina flavicornis
- Demotina flavipes
- Demotina fragilis
- Demotina fulva
- Demotina gansuica
- Demotina glochidiona
- Demotina grisea
- Demotina imasakai
- Demotina inaequalis
- Demotina incostata
- Demotina inhirsuta
- Demotina irregularis
- Demotina jansoni
- Demotina javanensis
- Demotina lateralis
- Demotina lewisi
- Demotina major
- Demotina medvedevi
- Demotina medvedeviana
- Demotina metallica
- Demotina minuta
- Demotina minutella
- Demotina modesta
- Demotina montana
- Demotina multinotata
- Demotina murina
- Demotina nodosa
- Demotina obscurata
- Demotina ornata
- Demotina pallipes
- Demotina parvula
- Demotina pauperata
- Demotina piceonotata
- Demotina postica
- Demotina pseudoimasakai
- Demotina pubescens
- Demotina pustulosa
- Demotina quercicola
- Demotina regularis
- Demotina rufonotata
- Demotina rufopicea
- Demotina rugicollis
- Demotina rugosata
- Demotina sapensis
- Demotina sasakawai
- Demotina serriventris
- Demotina silvatica
- Demotina squamosa
- Demotina striata
- Demotina sumatrana
- Demotina thei
- Demotina thoracica
- Demotina tuberosa
- Demotina veitchi
- Demotina vernalis
- Demotina vietnamica
- Demotina vitiensis
- Demotina wallacei
- Demotina weisei
See also
In Spanish: Demotina para niños
