Paropsisterna cloelia

Paropsisterna cloelia, known as the eucalyptus leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle native to Australia.^[2]

Paropsisterna cloelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Paropsisterna
Species:	P. cloelia
Binomial name
Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Chrysophtharta cloelia Stål, 1860

Diet

This beetle feeds on both juvenile and adult leaves of plants within the genus Eucalyptus.

Description

Adults are less than 10mm long and dome-shaped. They are mostly orange but can be dark brown or black with an orange edge and head. Larvae are 2–12mm long and yellow-green to olive-green with dark heads; mature larvae have thin black stripes on the abdomen.^[3]