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Leaf Flea Beetles - Subfamily
Galerucinae, Galerucini
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- Galerucinae beetles feed on a wide range of plants. Most species adults
eat a small hole in a leaf then move on, making a characteristic 'shotgun'
marks on leaves. Eggs are laid on leaves, stems or soil. Larvae are usually
stem or leaf-miners or soil-inhabiting root feeders.
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- Celtis Leaf Beetle
 - Menippus
cynicus, Galerucini, Galerucina, body length 10mm
- This leaf beetle is
pale brown in colour. Pictures
taken in Alexandra Hill and Sunnybank during mid summer. Check this page
for more information.
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- Figleaf Beetle
 - Poneridia australis, Galerucini, Galerucina, body length 12mm
- This is a medium size pale brown leaf beetle, with black line near edge of
wing-covers. There are the black spots on thorax and head as well. Please
check this page for more
information.
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- Kangaroo
Vine Leaf Beetle
 - Oides fryi,
Galerucini, Oidina, body length
15mm
- We found this beetle in the rainforest near Mt Nebo during mid
summer. The
beetle was found on Kangaroo Vine Cissus antarctica (Family
Vitaceae). Please check this page
for more information.
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- Blue Oides Leaf Beetle
 - Oides
laetabilis, Galerucini, Oidina, body length
20mm
- The beetle has the pale
brown thorax and head. The wing covers are shiny dark blue in colour with a
thin white line on outer edges. Click on here
for more information.
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- Orange Oides Leaf Beetle
 - Oides dorsosignata, Galerucini, Oidina, body length
20mm
- The beetle is orange in colour with thick black strip on each wing cover.
there is the black patch on the thorax too. We found this beetle only once on
the top of a one meter tall plant. There was in Ford Road Conservation Area on
summer Jan 2009. Please check this page
for more infromation.
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- Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle
 - Monolepta australis, Galerucini, body length 8mm
- This leaf beetle is golden yellow in colour with red shoulder and red spot
on each wing cover. Check this page
for more information
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- Synodita Leaf Beetle
- Synodita borrei, Galerucini, Luperina, body length 10mm
- Photos were taken in Ford
Road Conservation Area on Jan 2009. The beetle was found on a Lantana plant.
Please also check this detailed page.
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- Reference:
- 1. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
- 2. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.8 -
Matthews, E.G. and Reid, C.A.M, 2002, p17.
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