A NEW SPECIES OF PHAEDON MEGERLE VON MUHLFELD, 1823 (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE: CHRYSOMELINAE) FROM UTAH AND COLORADO, USA

摘要

Phaedon uinta Clark and Gilbert, new species, is described from Utah and Colorado, USA, and placed in the subgenus Phaedon Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1823. The adult host is Lepidium eastwoodiae Wooten (Brassicaceae). Illustrations are provided for P. uinta and for the similar species Phaedon purpureus (Linell, 1897). A diagnostic key is provided to facilitate identification of the Phaedon species north of Mexico.