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Eucalyptus leaf beetle

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Scientific Name
Paropsisterna cloelia
Pest Alias
Chrysomelid leaf beetle; Paropsis spp.
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Chrysomelinae
Tribe:
Gonioctenini
Genus:
Paropsisterna
Species:
Paropsisterna cloelia

Paropsisterna cloelia, known as the eucalyptus leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle native to Australia.[2]

Diet

This beetle feeds on both juvenile and adult leaves of plants within the genus Eucalyptus.

Description

Adults are less than 10mm long and dome-shaped. They are mostly orange but can be dark brown or black with an orange edge and head. Larvae are 2–12mm long and yellow-green to olive-green with dark heads; mature larvae have thin black stripes on the abdomen.[3]

References

 

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Paropsisterna cloelia", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.

Eucalyptus leaf beetle

Paropsisterna cloelia
Scientific Name
Paropsisterna cloelia
Pest Alias
Chrysomelid leaf beetle; Paropsis spp.
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Chrysomelinae
Tribe:
Gonioctenini
Genus:
Paropsisterna
Species:
Paropsisterna cloelia

Paropsisterna cloelia, known as the eucalyptus leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle native to Australia.[2]

Diet

This beetle feeds on both juvenile and adult leaves of plants within the genus Eucalyptus.

Description

Adults are less than 10mm long and dome-shaped. They are mostly orange but can be dark brown or black with an orange edge and head. Larvae are 2–12mm long and yellow-green to olive-green with dark heads; mature larvae have thin black stripes on the abdomen.[3]

References

 

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Paropsisterna cloelia", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.