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Paropsisterna simsoni (Blackburn, 1899) (a species of leaf-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Chrysophtharta simsoni)

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Chrysomelidae

Subfamily: Chrysomelinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 8.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

 

Paropsisterna simsoni
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