Image Number: 4723004

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Biological Control
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adults and larvae devour leaves and upper portions of stems
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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Agasicles
Subject: Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971

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Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Alternanthera
Subject: Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
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Image uploaded:
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Image last updated:
Wednesday, March 28, 2001