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Acacia leaf beetle

Description:

A tiny leaf beetle with dark thorax and dots on its shoulders . This looks like another Chrysomelidae. Found on Acacia.

Notes:

This looks similar to the larger elm leaf beetle http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/183...

1 Species ID Suggestions

stho002
stho002 10 years ago
Case-bearing leaf beetle
Cryptocephalinae (subfamily)


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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Stephen, would you take a guess at this? It has bright orange larvae.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/383...

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Thanks again Stephen Thorpe
It does look correct. I didn't consider this group because it is smaller than others that I've seen.

MartinL
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MartinL

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 11, 2013
Submitted on Sep 11, 2013

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