Table of Contents

Preface -- Abstract -- Chapter 1. The classification of potato beetles -- Chapter 2. Plants and host specificity -- Chapter 3. Early history of the potato beetle -- Chapter 4. Research methods -- Chapter 5. Potato beetle biology -- Chapter 6. The taxonomy of potato beetles -- Introduction -- Key to the North American genera of Doryphorini -- The genus Leptinotarsa -- Key to the species of Leptinotarsa of North America, including Mexico -- Key to the species of Leptinotarsa of the United States -- Description of the species -- Literature cited -- Index -- About the author.