Paropsisterna agricola

Paropsisterna agricola or southern eucalyptus leaf beetle, is a small hemispherical leaf beetle. They can vary from golden to grey. They have some black markings on the pronotum. The epipleura (skirt) is sometimes red.

Paropsisterna agricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Paropsisterna
Species:
P. agricola
Binomial name
Paropsisterna agricola
(Chapuis, 1877)
Paropsisterna agricola

This species has the ability to increase population very rapidly and can become a commercial pest to the timber industry attacking plantation forests.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Southern Eucalyptus leaf beetle" (PDF). Forestry Tasmania. April 1999. Retrieved 15 Nov 2015.