Zabrotes sylvestris

Zabrotes sylvestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Genus:Zabrotes
Species: Z. sylvestris
Binomial name
Zabrotes sylvestris
Romero and Johnson, 1999

Zabrotes sylvestris is a species of bean weevil from a leaf beetle family. It is found in Mexico and the United States[1] where it feeds on Phaseolus species.[2]

References

  1. Jesús Romero; Clarence Dan Johnson (1999). "Zabrotes sylvestris, a New Species from the United States and Mexico Related to Z. subfasciatus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 53 (1): 87–98. JSTOR 4009295.
  2. A. Aebi; T. Shani; R. D. J. Butcher; N. Alvarez; A. M. Risterucci; B. Benrey. "Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)". doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00808.x.


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