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Trachymela tincticollis
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda
> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera; Family: Chrysomelidae;
Subfamily: Chysomelinae
Eats leaves of
Eucalyptus trees.
Predators and parasitoids
Enoggera reticulata
Naumann (Hymenoptera:
Pteromalidae: Asaphinae): egg parasitoid.
References
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Tribe, G.D. & Cillié, J.J. 2000.
Biological control of the Eucalyptus-defoliating Australian tortoise
beetle Trachymela tincticollis (Blackburn) (Chrysomelidae:
Chrysomelini: Paropsina) in South Africa by the egg parasitoid Enoggera
reticulata Naumann (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Asaphinae). African
Entomology 8: 15-22.
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Tribe, G.D. 2000. Ecology, distribution and
natural enemies of the Eucalyptus-defoliating tortoise beetle Trachymela
tincticollis (Blackburn) (Chrysomelidae:
Chrysomelini: Paropsina) in southwestern Australia, with reference to its
biological control in South Africa. African Entomology 8: 23-45.
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