Texas leafcutting ant
Atta texana (Buckley)
Resources
- Pest Alert - USDA Forest Service
- Insects and Diseases of Trees in the South - USDA Forest Service
Representative Images(View more at Forestry Images)
![]() 4178074 Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana Adult(s) John Moser |
![]() 3226010 Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana Adult(s) Ronald F. Billings |
![]() 0795022 Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana Adult(s) Ronald F. Billings |
![]() 0795020 Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana Life Cycle R. Scott Cameron |
![]() 0795021 Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana Adult(s) Herbert A. 'Joe' Pase III |
![]() 4178041 Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana Feature(s) John Moser |
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Atelocerata |
| Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta) |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: Apocrita |
| Superfamily: Vespoidea |
| Family: Formicidae |
| Subfamily: Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: Attini |
| Genus: Atta |
Other System Links
NPDN Pest: ISASAEA>
| Common Name Reference: | Arnett, R.H. 1985. American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York. 850 pp. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | R.W. Poole and P. Gentili, Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1996. Nomina insecta nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 2. Rockville (MD): Entomological Information Services. Available at URL: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm |







