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Leaf beetle

Paropsisterna m-fuscum

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Description:

Small beetles with bright rusty orange markings along the edge of the elytra, found in numbers on eucalyptus regrowth. These beetles like the silvery juvenile leaves of some eucalypts and become serious pests in sapling plantations or during periods of regrowth during forest recovery.

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Paropsisterna m-fuscum | Atlas of Living Australia

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