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Eating leaves_2 - Physonota alutacea
Copyright © 2004 Sue Majors

Eating leaves_2 - Physonota alutacea
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
April 21, 2004
Eats the leaves of our Mexican Olive Tree. The head is on ther broad end, the tail has the false antanae.
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Contributed by Sue Majors on 29 April, 2004 - 5:56pm
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 3:37pm

Physonota alutacea - new county record?
Hola,

Looks like this is a new county record. See map of known P. alutacea county records.

Not too surprising as its host, Wild Olive ranges all the way up to San Antonio and a bit beyond...

MQ, Austin

Texas Beetle Info
TexasEnto.net/beetles.htm
… Mike Quinn, 26 December, 2005 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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.
… RandyMajors, 10 June, 2004 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

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