Small Blue Leaf Beetle - Nisotra breweri
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Small Blue Leaf Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 6mm
- This small blue leaf beetle was found on Wild Tobacco near Bulimba Creek in Wishart on Oct 2007. Nisotra spp. feed on Solanaceae and Malvaceae. Larvae are stem or root borers.
- This leaf beetle is common on Wild Tobacco.
- We also found this leaf beetle on other spined Solanaceae plant in Ford Road Conservation Area.
- Thank to Chris
Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. 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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