Altica chalybea (grape flea beetle) is a North American leaf beetle that consumes the buds of grape vines, reducing vegetative growth.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Grape Flea Beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Altica cyanea
- Altica birmanensis
- Altica ambiens
- Agelastica coerulea
- Macrohaltica transversa
- Agelastica alni
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Genus
- Altica
- Species
- Altica chalybea
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