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IMG 4645

Genus Paropsisterna

Paropsisterna agricola
Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_agricola-green        Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_agricola-teneral 

Paropsisterna aurea
     Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_aurea-larvae

Paropsisterna bimaculata
Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_bimaculata-eggs    

Paropsisterna crocata
   

Paropsisterna decolorata
.   Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_decolorata-laying_eggs

Paropsisterna detrita

Paropsisterna fastidiosa
. . 

Paropsisterna hectica

Paropsisterna laesa
 

Paroptisterna lignea
 

Paropsisterna lineata
  . 

Paropsisterna morio

    

Paropsisterna nucea

Paropsisterna nobilitata
.     Paropsisterna-transparent-elytra-cf_nobilitata

Paropsisterna obliterata
 

Paropsisterna philomela
 

Paropsisterna selmani
Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_sp      

Paropsisterna subcostata
Chrysomelidae-Paropsisterna_subcostata-Sterromela 

Paropsisterna cloelia (=Paropsisterna variicollis)

  IMG 4645  20161124 IMG 0888. IMG 5274

Paropsisterna sp. (“Ch6” of DeLittle 1979)
 

Paropsisterna sp. (“Ch8” of DeLittle 1979)
 

Paropsisterna sp. (“Ch11” of DeLittle 1979)
 

Pending ID – Paropsisterna
IMG 8705  IMG 1670  IMG 1905  IMG 2512  20161124 IMG 0913

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