Abstract Background Altica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a highly diverse and taxonomically challenging flea beetle genus that has been used to address questions related host plant specialization, reproductive isolation, ecological speciation. To further evolutionary studies in this interesting group, here we present draft genome of representative specialist, viridicyanea , the first Alticinae...

A leaf-disc-test method was used under controlled laboratory conditions to determine the feeding preference of Altica deserticola Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on leaves two liquorice species, Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin and G. uralensis Fisch. ex DC. Leaf hardness thickness, cuticle nitrogen tannin contents were compared between liquorices explore their resistance A. deserticola. The l...