Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle - Monolepta australis
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Red-shouldered Leaf Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm
- This leaf beetle is golden yellow in colour with red shoulders and red spot on each wing cover.
- This beetle is considered as a pest in agriculture for it feed on different crops include soybeans, sugarcane and cotton.
- The leaf beetle was found on March 2010 in Carbrook Wetland.
- Reference:
- 1. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.
- 2. Leaf Beetles - subfamily Galerucinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan.
- 3. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.8 - Matthews, E.G. 2002, p17.
- 4. Redshouldered leaf beetle (Monolepta beetle) - www.dpi.qld.gov.au
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