A striped beetle - Agasicles hygrophila

Looked and looked but can't find

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Christine Young

Lion

Hmm, maybe Agasicles sp. - although it might be out of range. There are also some Systena sp. that are similar, but I don't see a match. Posted 4 years ago
1. Calbost Niel
  
  Lion
  
  Looked up Agasicies hygrophia and it looks like a match to me Posted 4 years ago
2. Calbost Niel
  
  Lion
  
  Agasicles hygrophila became established at release sites on the Georges River, near Sydney (New South Wales),
  The flea beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt and the moth Vogtia malloi Pastrana were released in Australia in 1977 as bilogical control agents against alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides).https://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/19800578625 Posted 4 years ago
3. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Agreed! Posted 4 years ago

The Alligator weed flea beetle

"Agasicles hygrophila" is a species of leaf beetle known by the common name alligator weed flea beetle. It has been used successfully as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious aquatic plant known as alligator weed.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Calbost Niel