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Eating leaves_1 - Physonota alutacea
Copyright © 2004 Sue Majors

Eating leaves_1 - Physonota alutacea
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
April 21, 2004
Destroyed every leaf on our Mexican Olive Tree last May. They just showed up again this April.
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Contributed by Sue Majors on 29 April, 2004 - 5:58pm
Last updated 28 October, 2006 - 9:04am

Wild olive leaf beetle
According to Dr. Roy Parker, Texas A&M, -"The insect is the larva
stage of a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. I refer to them as
the "wild olive leaf beetle" although there is no official common name.
It is a very common of all wild olive trees in South Texas.
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