Tortoise beetle
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Paropsis charybdis StÂl
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size range
- Medium–sized beetle, length 10 mm
Distribution
- From Australia
Life History
- Found on Eucalyptus trees
- Adult beetles and larvae eat leaves
- A pest in eucalypt forests