Ophraella nuda, the naked flea beetle,[1] is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.
It is endemic to the prairies of southeastern Alberta.[2] Its host plant is povertyweed, a common plant on shortgrass prairies. It is paraphyletic with Ophraella artemisiae which it differs little from genetically despite being dissimilar morphologically, this is a result of peripatric speciation. Both the holotype and the allotype of naked flea beetle were collected in 1955 near the locality of Comrey, next to the Milk River Valley.[3]
Ophraella nuda, the naked flea beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.
