Paropsis is a genus of Chrysomelidae, commonly referred to as tortoise beetles, which includes over 70 described species.[3] Their small size, bright colours and patterns, and roughly hemispherical shape cause them to be mistaken for beetles in the family Coccinellidae (ladybirds).[4]
They are distributed across Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.[5] Some species, Paropsis atomaria in particular, have been introduced to the United States in California with first official documented sightings in 2022.[6] They primarily feed on Eucalyptus but there are a few that feed on Baeckea, Kunzea and Leptospermum. Species within this genus are noted as pests. For example, Paropsis charybdis is a pest of Eucalyptus in New Zealand.[7]
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example, Paropsis charybdis is a pest of Eucalyptus in New Zealand. Paropsis ornata Paropsis atomaria Paropsis aciculata Chapuis, 1877 Paropsis advena Blackburn...
Paropsis charybdis, commonly known as the Eucalyptus tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle belonging to the genus Paropsis. It is considered a...
leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). It was first described in 1865 as Paropsis nigroconspersa by Hamlet Clark. "Australian Faunal Directory: Peltoschema...
Paropsides opposita feeds on Tea tree Melaleuca sp. Paropsides belongs to the Paropsis-group of genera, with similar head, appendages, prosternum, elytra, tarsi...
genus Gonipterus commonly damage E. regnans, while the tortoise beetle (Paropsis atomaria) is a common pest of plantations. A study carried out by environmental...
beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, which was first described in 1877 as Paropsis litigiosa by Félicien Chapuis, from a specimen collected at Port Denison...
(Hymenoptera, Braconidae), parasitoids of the Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis charybdis) and other Eucalyptus defoliating leaf beetles". Journal of Hymenoptera...
Meldrum's father bought the rights and named it after her. The tortoise beetle Paropsis atomaria eats Eucalyptus leaves. Introduced insects have become pests....
1977 as a biological control agent against the eucalypt tortoise beetle, Paropsis charybdis, with mixed results. "Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO. Retrieved...
Retrieved 14 October 2015. Phillips, Charlma (1994). "Chrysophtharta spp. and Paropsis spp" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF)...
kenaiensis (Hilliard 1971) Yubukia et al. 2015 B. mitra Fott 1946 B. paropsis Skuja 1956 B. planctonica Kisselew 1931 B. turrigera Nygaard 1949 B. urceolata...
suffers from low level insect damage from leaf beetle (Chrysophtharta spp., Paropsis spp.). It is also susceptible to Armillaria root disease in Victoria as...
T. cingulata is a parasitoid of chrysomelid beetle larvae in the genus Paropsis, which are abundant herbivores in many Australian environments. Only T...
fasciata are believed to be parasitoids of chrysomelid beetles in the genus Paropsis, some of which may be pests of agriculture or forestry. Trigonospila bimaculata...
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