Agasicles hygrophila (lat.) - a species of leaf beetles ( Chrysomelidae ) from the subfamily of goats ( Galerucinae ). In length reach 4-6 mm. Distributed in South America , was introduced from there, in the 90s of the XIX century, in the USA . [1] Agasicles hygrophila feeds on plants of the Alternanthera philoxeroides species. [one]
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| Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971 |
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Literature
- Maddox, DM ( 1968 ). Bionomics of an alligatorweed flea beetle, Agasicles sp., In Argentina. Ann. Entomol. Soc. America 61: 1299-1305.