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Peltoschema
Peltoschema is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, insects also called leaf beetles. This genus contains about 94 species that are relatively small and feed on various Acacias. Some mimic ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. Peltoschema orphana is called the fireblight beetle can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle.' Peltoschema suturalis is native to Australia and another pest of Acacias.
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Fireblight Leaf Beetle
speciesPeltoschema orphana
Peltoschema hamadryas
speciesPeltoschema hamadryas
Peltoschema oceanicum
speciesPeltoschema oceanicum
Peltoschema delicatulum
speciesPeltoschema delicatulum
Middle-Bar Acacia Leaf Beetle
speciesPeltoschema suturale
Peltoschema perplexum
speciesPeltoschema perplexum
Peltoschema mansuetum
speciesPeltoschema mansuetum
Peltoschema tetraspilotum
speciesPeltoschema tetraspilotum
Peltoschema rubiginosum
speciesPeltoschema rubiginosum
Peltoschema basicolle
speciesPeltoschema basicolle
Peltoschema festivum
speciesPeltoschema festivum
Peltoschema dryope
speciesPeltoschema dryope
Peltoschema nigroconspersum
speciesPeltoschema nigroconspersum
Peltoschema quadrizonatum
speciesPeltoschema quadrizonatum
Peltoschema trilineatum
speciesPeltoschema trilineatum
Peltoschema haematostictum
speciesPeltoschema haematostictum
Peltoschema scaphula
speciesPeltoschema scaphula
Peltoschema subapicale
speciesPeltoschema subapicale
Peltoschema maculiventre
speciesPeltoschema maculiventre
Peltoschema jucundum
speciesPeltoschema jucundum
Peltoschema substriatum
speciesPeltoschema substriatum
Peltoschema medioflavum
speciesPeltoschema medioflavum
Peltoschema lepidum
speciesPeltoschema lepidum
Peltoschema hera
speciesPeltoschema hera
Peltoschema mediovittatum
speciesPeltoschema mediovittatum
Peltoschema pandora
speciesPeltoschema pandora
Peltoschema modestum
speciesPeltoschema modestum
Peltoschema cardinale
speciesPeltoschema cardinale
Peltoschema immaculicolle
speciesPeltoschema immaculicolle
Peltoschema niobe
speciesPeltoschema niobe
Peltoschema anxium
speciesPeltoschema anxium
Peltoschema filicorne
speciesPeltoschema filicorne
Peltoschema amabile
speciesPeltoschema amabile
Peltoschema mjoebergi
speciesPeltoschema mjoebergi
Peltoschema nigropictum
speciesPeltoschema nigropictum
Peltoschema vesta
speciesPeltoschema vesta
Peltoschema vicina
speciesPeltoschema vicina
Peltoschema viridulum
speciesPeltoschema viridulum
Peltoschema ziczac
speciesPeltoschema ziczac
Peltoschema virens
speciesPeltoschema virens
Peltoschema verticale
speciesPeltoschema verticale
Peltoschema apicatum
speciesPeltoschema apicatum
Peltoschema mite
speciesPeltoschema mite
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 377616.