Peltoschema
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| Peltoschema | |
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| Peltoschema orphana Fireblight beetle | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
| Genus: | Peltoschema Reitter, 1880 |
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Peltoschema is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. This genus contains about 94 species.[1][2] Some mimic ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. Peltoschema orphana (the fireblight beetle) can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle.[3][failed verification][4] and badly damage Acacia mearnsii.[5] Peltoschema suturalis is native to Australia and another pest of Acacias.[6]
The genus was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1880, with the type species being Peltoschema filicornis, by monotypy,[7][8] and was redescribed in 2001 by Reid and Slipinski.[9] The taxonomic decision for the synonymy of Acacicola Lea, 1903, Pyrgoides, and Pyrgo is based on Reid and Slipinski's 2001 paper.[8][9]
Distribution
Beetles of this genus are found in all states and territories of Australia.[8]
Host plants
Host plants include not only plants in the genera Acacia and Daviesia in the Fabaceae family, but also plants in the Myrtaceae and Apocynaceae families.[2]
Species
- Peltoschema amabilis
- Peltoschema anxia
- Peltoschema apicata
- Peltoschema arethusa
- Peltoschema basicollis
- Peltoschema brevifrons
- Peltoschema bunyamontis
- Peltoschema calomeloides
- Peltoschema caloptera
- Peltoschema carbonata
- Peltoschema cardinalis
- Peltoschema clio
- Peltoschema cooki
- Peltoschema daphne
- Peltoschema delicatula
- Peltoschema depressa
- Peltoschema didyma
- Peltoschema dimidiata
- Peltoschema discoidalis
- Peltoschema dryope
- Peltoschema erythrocephala
- Peltoschema excisipennis
- Peltoschema eyrensis
- Peltoschema festiva
- Peltoschema filicornis
- Peltoschema flavoinclusa
- Peltoschema fuscitarsis
- Peltoschema haematosticta
- Peltoschema hamadryas
- Peltoschema hera
- Peltoschema immaculicollis
- Peltoschema infirma
- Peltoschema irene
- Peltoschema isolata
- Peltoschema jucunda
- Peltoschema lepida
- Peltoschema livida
- Peltoschema longula
- Peltoschema lucidula
- Peltoschema lucina
- Peltoschema macrosticta
- Peltoschema maculiventris
- Peltoschema mansueta
- Peltoschema medea
- Peltoschema medioflava
- Peltoschema mediorufa
- Peltoschema mediovittata
- Peltoschema mitis
- Peltoschema mjoebergi
- Peltoschema modesta
- Peltoschema navicula
- Peltoschema nigritula
- Peltoschema nigroconspersa
- Peltoschema nigropicta
- Peltoschema niobe
- Peltoschema notata
- Peltoschema obtusata
- Peltoschema oceanica
- Peltoschema oenone
- Peltoschema orphana
- Peltoschema pallidula
- Peltoschema pandora
- Peltoschema partita
- Peltoschema perplexa
- Peltoschema platycephala
- Peltoschema posticalis
- Peltoschema prosternalis
- Peltoschema pulchella
- Peltoschema quadrizonata
- Peltoschema rostralis
- Peltoschema rubiginosa
- Peltoschema rufopicta
- Peltoschema scaphula
- Peltoschema scutellata
- Peltoschema scutifera
- Peltoschema spectabilis
- Peltoschema stillatipennis
- Peltoschema subaenescens
- Peltoschema subapicalis
- Peltoschema substriata
- Peltoschema suturalis
- Peltoschema suturella
- Peltoschema tarsalis
- Peltoschema tetraspilota
- Peltoschema tricosa
- Peltoschema trilineata
- Peltoschema turbata
- Peltoschema venusta
- Peltoschema venustula
- Peltoschema verticalis
- Peltoschema vesta
- Peltoschema vicina
- Peltoschema virens
- Peltoschema viridula
- Peltoschema ziczac