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| Dicranosterna immaculata | |
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| Genus: | Dicranosterna Motschulsky, 1860 |
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Dicranosterna is a genus of leaf beetles, in the subfamily Chrysomelinae.
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These beetles are hemispherical and the larvae are globular (spherical). [1] The elytra have coarse punctures which are non striate (non aligned).
There are 36 species [2] and they occur throughout Australia. [3]
Dicranosterna is endemic to Australia. Host-plant is Acacia The record for Eucalyptus (Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995) is erroneous (Reid 2002c). Larvae are globular, with inconspicuous setae and a pair of dorsal glands, and lack apicoventral (rear) pseudopoda (prolegs). [4]
