Phyllotreta cruciferae

Cabbage Flea Beetle

Category: invertebrate
Primary role: pest insect
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Phyllotreta

External: GBIF #1049249

2 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.

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herbivory 1 claim

This entity is the subject of herbivory on Brassica oleracea (Bresych) · effect: harmful

“conventionally fertilised monoculture consistently developed larger infestation of flea beetles”

eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods #6492462

pest pressure 1 claim

This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Brassica oleracea var. italica (Asparagus Broccoli) · effect: harmful

“reduced the numbers of black flea beetles colonizing broccoli”

eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

Dufour R. (2000) · Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control · p. 33 #6495791

Genus-level evidence

2 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Phyllotreta sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Phyllotreta cruciferae.

herbivory · Phyllotreta spp. → Brassica spp. · effect: harmful

“Cabbage aphids, flea beetles, diamondback moths, and corn earworms are all insect pests regulated with specific crop mixes”

Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O. (1995) · Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture · p. 113 #6492157
herbivory · Phyllotreta spp. → Brassica spp. · effect: harmful

“higher Phyllotreta flea beetles on sludge-amended collard plots early in season”

Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods #6492463

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