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Agasicles hygrophila, Alligatorweed flea beetle.jpg

Agasicles hygrophila  Selman and Vogt, 1971


Home > Insects > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae > Agasicles hygrophila
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: ​Alticini
Genus: ​Agasicles
Species: hygrophila

  • Common names: Alligatorweed flea beetle.
  • Distribution: Brazil, Northern Argentina, Australia, China, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Thailand.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai.
  • Hosts: Alternanthera philoxeroides.
  • Additional notes: Agasicles hygrophila, was the first insect ever studied for biological control of an aquatic weed.
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Image locations

Images of Agasicles hygrophila from Thailand.
Agasicles hygrophila mating.jpg
Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) Muang Chiang Mai, August
Agasicles hygrophila on Alternanthera philoxeroides.jpg
Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) on Alternanthera philoxeroides, Muang Chiang Mai, August
Picture
Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) Muang Chiang Mai, November

References:
University of Florida
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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