Abstract
Th e life cycle from egg to adult of the herbivorous Altica litigata fl ea beetle has been described on plants in the genus Oenothera ( Onagraceae). Adult A. litigata have been reported to feed on primrose, Oenothera species as well as on crape myr- tles, Lagerstroemia species ( Lythraceae). Only the adult life stage has been reported on Lagerstroemia species. Since Altica adult beetles are morphologically diffi cult to distinguish, host species-specifi city for Oenothera species and Lagerstroemia species has been used to identify A. litigata adults in the fi eld. Th us, cytochrome oxidase sub- unit I (COI) sequence was used to test the hypothesis that adult fl ea beetles collected on Oenothera species and Lagerstroemia species and characterized from morphology were A. litigata as expected. We discuss the implications of this work.
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