| 词条 | Zygogramma bicolorata |
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| image = Parthenium beetle.JPG | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Coleoptera | familia = Chrysomelidae | genus = Zygogramma | species = Z. bicolorata | binomial = Zygogramma bicolorata | binomial_authority = Pallister, 1953 }}{{Wikispecies|Zygogramma bicolorata}} Zygogramma bicolorata, variously referred to as the Parthenium beetle or Mexican beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, native to Mexico. DescriptionZ. bicolorata is a small lead beetle with a brown head, brown and yellow graduated pronotum and yellow elytra marked with characteristic elongated brown stripes. The pattern on the elytra is greatly variable - in a study of 478 beetles, 29 variations on this pattern were identified.[1]Distribution and habitatZ. bicolorata is native to Mexico, but has been introduced to parts of India and Australia.[2] Adults and larvae are used as a form of biological pest control in India in order to control invasive Parthenium hysterophorus.[3]Life cycleEggs are generally laid on the ventral surface of both young and old leaves, and occasionally on the upper surface of leaves, stems and flowers of host plants. Eggs are yellow to orange, elongate cylindrical or oblong with fine reticulations on the surface.[1] The eggs hatch in 4–5 days. Larvae are pale yellow, turning white as they grow, feeding for 10 to 15 days on leaves whilst growing through four instar stages.[1] On maturity the larvae enter the soil and pupate below up to 15 cm depth. The total life cycle of the beetle is just over 100 days.[3] PredatorsAn undetermined species of fly in the genus Drino (family Tachinidae) has been recorded as parasitising Z. bicolorata in Karnataka (India).[4] Two predatory bugs Andrallus spinidens and Eocanthecona furcellata predate the larvae of Z. bicolorata and a third species,Sycanus pyrrhomelas, predates both larvae and adults.[5] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.nbaii.res.in/Featured%20insects/Zygogramma.htm |title=Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister |date=2013 |accessdate=2017-02-12 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820082000/http://www.nbaii.res.in/Featured%20insects/Zygogramma.htm |archivedate=2013-08-20 |df= }} {{Taxonbar|from=Q18385774}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57506 |title=Zygogramma bicolorata (Mexican beetle) |date=2012 |publisher=Invasive Species Compendium |accessdate=2017-02-12}} 3. ^1 {{cite journal |author1=M.R. Siddhapara |author2=M.B. Patel |author3=and H.V. Patel |title=Biology of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Their Feeding Potential on Parthenium and Sunflower |journal=Madras Agricultural Journal |volume=99 |issue=10-12 |date=2012 |pages=841–844}} 4. ^{{cite journal |author1=Jayanth, K.P. |author2=Visalakshy, P.N.G. |author3=Ghosh, S.K. |author4=Chaudhary, M. |date=1996 |title=An indigenous parasitoid on the parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata |journal=Insect Environment |volume=2 |pages=67–68}} 5. ^{{cite journal |author1=Gupta, R.K. |author2=Khan, M.S. |author3=Bali, K. |author4=Monobrullah, M. |author5=Bhagat, R.M. |date=2004 |title=Predatory bugs of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister: An exotic beetle for biological suppression of Parthenium hysterophorus |journal=Current Science |volume=87 |issue=7 |pages=1005–1010}} 5 : Biological pest control beetles|Invasive plants biological control insects|Chrysomelinae|Beetles of North America|Beetles described in 1953 |
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