Agasicles | |
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Agasicles hygrophila | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
Tribe: | Alticini |
Genus: | Agasicles Jacoby, 1905 |
Type species | |
Agasicles vittata Jacoby, 1905 |
Agasicles is a genus of flea beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. [1] The species of this genus are native to South America, [2] though the species Agasicles hygrophila has been introduced to the southeastern United States as a biological control agent against alligator weed.
The genus includes five species: [2]
Agasicles hygrophila is a species of leaf beetle known by the common name alligator weed flea beetle. It has been used successfully as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious aquatic plant known as alligator weed.
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Platycorynus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.
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Afroeurydemus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. The genus was separated from Eurydemus in 1965 by Brian J. Selman, who moved all African species of Eurydemus he had seen to this genus or related African genera and considered it likely that Eurydemus was restricted to Fiji. Many species were also originally placed in Syagrus.
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Paraivongius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa.
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Mandollia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. Two of its species were originally placed in Rhembastus.
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