Sumitrosis inaequalis

Sumitrosis inaequalis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America,^[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan) and the United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming).^[4]

Sumitrosis inaequalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sumitrosis
Species:	S. inaequalis
Binomial name
Sumitrosis inaequalis (Weber, 1801)
Synonyms[1]
Hispa inaequalis Weber, 1801 Hispa suturalis Fabricius, 1801 Hispa obsoleta Say, 1823 Hispa pallida Say, 1823 Hispa flavipes Germar, 1824 Hispa baucis Newman, 1838 Sumitrosis arnetti Butte, 1969

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.4-4.2 mm. Adults are very variable in colour. The pronotum might be pale or maculate with piceous. The elytra range from pale yellow with faint black markings to black with faint yellow spots.^[5]

Biology

The species is a leaf miner on hosts such as Eurybia divaricata, Symphyotrichum cordifolium, and Ambrosia artemisiifolia.^[6]