Paropsisterna laesa (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle)

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This Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle has been identified as genus Paropsisterna, possibly species Paropsisterna laesa (also known as Paropsis laesa).

Paropsis laesa is a good guess. This is a species complex, containing several similar species, some not named. I have sometimes named these beetles P. laesa but am aware that sometimes it will be wrong.

Source: Martin Lagerwey

P. laesa belongs to the genus Paropsisterna, a group of leaf beetles (many of whom feed on Eucalyptus leaves), who at the time of writing number some 120 species.

Paropsisterna beetles are about 3-17 mm long, have bodies that are semi-circular to elongate-ovate and moderately to strongly convex.

More information under Fauna > Insects > Beetles > Paropsisterna sp

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Coleoptera
• Suborder: Polyphaga
• Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
• Family: Chrysomelidae
• Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
• Genus: Paropsisterna
• Species: Paropsisterna laesa

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