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Astyleiopus variegatus
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Larva. Form more robust; integument finely alutaceous, shining. Mandible slender, twice as long as basal width; pronotum anteriorly shining, bearing hairs only across anterior border and lateral anterior angles, posteriorly faintly reticulated except for a very narrow transverse band of velvety pubescence, extending farther forward along median line; ampullae irregularly tuberculate; pleural tubercles normally bearing three setae. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
Biology and Economic Importance
- Members of this tribe are known from various host plant families. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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