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Species Trachymela sloanei - Australian Tortoise Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
Trachymela sloanei Trachymela sloanei Beetle Larva? - Trachymela sloanei Trachymela sloanei? - Trachymela sloanei Trachymela sloanei Variegated beetle - Trachymela sloanei Chrysomelidae - Trachymela sloanei Ladybug ? - Trachymela sloanei
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Paropsina
Genus Trachymela
Species sloanei (Australian Tortoise Beetle)
Other Common Names
Eucalyptus tortoise beetle
Explanation of Names
Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896)
Size
6-7 mm
Range
California and Arizona? (note in comments)
Food
Eucalyptus
Remarks
Introduced from Australia. First recorded in 1998 in California.
Print References
Garrison, R.W. 1998. New Agricultural Pest for Southern California: Australian Tortoise Beetle, Trachymela sloanei. Los Angeles County Department of Agriculture, El Monte, CA.
Internet References
UC IPM - photos and info on identification, life cycle & host plants
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 16 March, 2005 - 2:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 30 August, 2015 - 10:58pm

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