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Paropsisterna m-fuscum This small leaf beetle is sometimes common in blue gum plantations and can become a pest.  They love the young foliage which is a silver color. Australia,Geotagged,Paropsisterna m-fuscum,Spring,chrysomelidae,leaf beetle,paropsisterna Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Paropsisterna m-fuscum

This small leaf beetle is sometimes common in blue gum plantations and can become a pest. They love the young foliage which is a silver color.

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''Paropsistrna m-fuscum'' is a small beetle commonly called a leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. The beetles are pale, with variable brown markings on the elytra and pronotum and sometimes with bright flaring at the base of the elytra. The larvae are larviform and pale green like the leaves they eat.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Martin Lagerwey
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By Martin Lagerwey

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Uploaded Mar 27, 2016. Captured Dec 16, 2013 14:13 in 8 Jamieson-Licola Rd, Licola VIC 3858, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO200
  • 180mm