Lantana Leafminer Beetle - Uroplata girardi

FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Lantana Leafminer Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 8mm

 

 

Beside the Lantana Leafminer Beetle1, this is another species of beetle released as biological control of Lantana camara. On the first pictures above  next to the beetle was the Lantana Lace Bug, which is also introduced to control the Lantana. 

 

 

This species is less common as the Lantana Leafminer Beetle1, we sometimes found it on Lantana plants. Most likely the Lantana Leafminer Beetle1s were also there.

 

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Reference:

1. Uroplata giradi, Lantana Beetle - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks, 2004. 

2. Uroplata giradi - Lantana Biocontrol, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland, 2003

3. Uroplata fulvopustulata - Lantana Biocontrol, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland, 2003

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