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Tortoise leaf beetle

Chrysophtharta variicollis

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A small 5mm well rounded beetle with shiny but dented elytra; semi-translucent yellow-greenish colour with some stripe.

Habitat:

Eucalyptus forest dense or open.

Reference Links:

Dark Brown Paropsine Leaf Beetle - ? Paropsisterna variicollis

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2012

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