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Peltoschema Venusta
''Peltoschema'' is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, insects also called leaf beetles. This genus contains about 94 species. Some mimic ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. ''Peltoschema orphana'' (the fireblight beetle) can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle. and badly damage '' Acacia mearnsii''. ''Peltoschema'' ''suturalis'' is native to Australia and another pest of ''Acacias. Taxonomy The genus was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1880, with the type species being ''Peltoschema filicornis'', by monotypy, and was redescribed in 2001 by Reid and Slipinski. The taxonomic decision for the synonymy of ''Acacicola'' , ''Pyrgoides'', and ''Pyrgo'' is based on Reid and Slipinski's 2001 paper. Distribution Beetles of this genus are found in all states and territories of Australia. Host plants Host plants include not only plants in the genera ''Acacia'' and '' Daviesia'' in the Faba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
