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Species Trachymela sloanei - Australian Tortoise Beetle

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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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