Paropsisterna agricola
Species of beetle
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Paropsisterna agricola, or southern eucalyptus leaf beetle, is a small hemispherical leaf beetle. They can vary from golden to grey. They have some black markings on the pronotum. The epipleura (skirt) is sometimes red.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Paropsisterna |
| Species: | P. agricola |
| Binomial name | |
| Paropsisterna agricola (Chapuis, 1877) | |
This species has the ability to increase population very rapidly and can become a commercial pest to the timber industry attacking plantation forests.[1]