Agasicles hygrophila  Selman and Vogt, 1971

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

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• 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.

Image locations

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Images of Agasicles hygrophila from Thailand.

Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) Muang Chiang Mai, August

Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) on Alternanthera philoxeroides, Muang Chiang Mai, August

Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) Muang Chiang Mai, November

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References:
University of Florida