Podagricomela spp (Order Coleoptera：Family Chrysomelidae：Subfamily Alticinae)

The genus Podagricomela has about 13 species, with 10 in China. Most of them feed on Rutaceae hosts (Zhang & Yang, 2004).

鞘翅目叶甲科跳甲亚科潜跳甲属，全世界有13种，其中10中国内分布。大多数种类以芸香科植物为食。 

There are two leafmining Podagricomela on Citrus. 有2种柑橘潜叶甲。

1  English names: flea beetle (also citrus leaf miner)

Chinese names: 柑橘潜跳甲 别名 柑橘潜叶跳甲、(中)柑桔跳甲

Scientific names 学名：Podagricomela nigricollis Chen

Taxonomy: 鞘翅目 Order Coleoptera, 叶甲科 Family Chrysomelidae

Distribution in China: Yes 国内分布

2 English names: citrus bud-feeder

Chinese names: 枸橘潜叶跳甲  又称拟恶性叶甲、潜叶绿跳甲、枸橘潜斧

Scientific names 学名: Podagricomela weisei Heikertinger

Taxonomy: 鞘翅目 Order Coleoptera, 叶甲科 Family Chrysomelidae

Distribution in China: Yes 国内分布

 

References:

1 Zhang Y, Yang X. 2004. A Study of the Genus Podagricomela Heikertinger(Coleoptera'．Chrysomelidae：Alticinae)from China. Entomotaxonomia, 26(4):  272-283. [张勇，杨星科. 2004. 中国潜跳甲属分类研究 (鞘翅目：叶甲科：跳甲亚科). 昆虫分类学报, 26(4):  272-283. ]

Photos 照片：

a 幼虫 larvae  

b 幼虫头部 head of larvae

c 幼虫潜道和成虫取食孔 mines of larva and feeding holes of adults

d 幼虫潜道 one mine in detail

Fig.1a-d Leafmining beetles and their damages on grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) [Photo by Xiaohua Dai et al. at Ganzhou, China，April 2009]

图1a-d. 柚子叶片上的柑橘潜叶甲及其为害状 【戴小华等2009年4月摄于中国赣州】

The species is possibly Podagricomela nigricollis but we are still waiting them to pupate and to emerge. Should be easily identified since the two mining Podagricomela adults are very different. 

Why not Phyllocnistis citrella, the leafmining moth? The frass are dark color and there are many holes near the mines. The holes are typical feeding harm by beetles. The larva can move out and make a new mine in the same leaf or in a different leaf.

 虫道粪便较黑，且周围有甲虫成虫取食的小孔，并且幼虫可以爬出虫道重新潜食，甚至转叶为害。明显与柑橘潜叶蛾为害状不同，初步判定为柑橘潜叶甲。目前正在饲养等待化蛹羽化，做最后的鉴定。

You can campare the above mines with those of Phyllocnistis citrella. 请对比它们与柑橘潜叶蛾虫道的区别。

Citrus Leaf Miner 柑橘潜叶蛾 Phyllocnistis citrella (1)

Citrus Leaf Miner 柑橘潜叶蛾 Phyllocnistis citrella (2): Larva and adult 幼虫和成虫

感谢曾竞、李珺、刘文平和赣南师范学院08生物本科潜叶虫兴趣小组帮助调查和拍摄。

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