Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939Extirpated  -  Non-native    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Chrysomelidae   >   Genus Monoxia   

Status:

"Maryland is probably not within the native range, and the insects were likely transported there with agricultural products or ornamental plants. The introduced population survived for a year or two but then apparently died out" (Clark, Rattu, & Cillo, 2014).

Description:

Larvae are leaf miners (Clark et al., 2014).

Relationships:

Host plants: Atriplex sp. and Chenopodium sp. in saline habitats (Clark et al., 2014).

There is 1 record in the project database.

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