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Dicranosterna

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Dicranosterna
Dicranosterna immaculata
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Dicranosterna

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Dicranosterna is a genus of leaf beetles, in the subfamily Chrysomelinae.

These beetles are hemispherical and the larvae are globular (spherical).[1] The elytra have coarse punctures which are non striate (non aligned).

There are 36 species[2] and they occur throughout Australia.[3]

Dicranosterna is endemic to Australia. Host-plant is Acacia The record for Eucalyptus (Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995) is erroneous (Reid 2002c). Larvae are globular, with inconspicuous setae and a pair of dorsal glands, and lack apicoventral (rear) pseudopoda (prolegs).[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Dicranosterna".
  2. ^ "Genus: Dicranosterna".
  3. ^ "Genus: Dicranosterna".
  4. ^ "Zootaxa" (PDF).