Tortoise Beetle: Anterior

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis aegrota)

This Photo:

Anterior

Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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