Trachymela sloanei
Appearance
Trachymela sloanei | |
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Trachymela sloanei, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
Genus: | Trachymela |
Species: | T. sloanei
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Binomial name | |
Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896)
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Trachymela sloanei, known generally as the Australian tortoise beetle or small eucalyptus tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2]
The species is native to Australia, where it lives on Eucalyptus trees. It is an invasive pest in California, and was recently established in Shenzhen, China.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Trachymela sloanei". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "Trachymela sloanei species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Zhanga, Mengna; Chena, Xiaoqin; Ruana, Yongying; Jianga, Shihong; et al. (2020). "First report of the invasive Australian tortoise beetle Trachymela sloanei (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) in Asia". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 23 (2): 442–444. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2020.03.003. S2CID 216293703.
Further reading
[edit]- Flinte, V.; Abejanella, A.; Daccordi, M.; Monteiro, R. F.; et al. (2017). "Chrysomelinae species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and new biological data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 7". ZooKeys (720): 5–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13963. PMC 5784215. PMID 29391849.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Trachymela sloanei at Wikimedia Commons