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Peltoschema Oceanica
''Peltoschema'' is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, insects also called leaf beetles. This genus contains about 94 species. Some mimic Coccinellidae, ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. ''Peltoschema orphana'' (the fireblight beetle) can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle. and badly damage ''Acacia mearnsii''. ''Peltoschema'' ''suturalis'' is native to Australia and another pest of ''Acacias. Taxonomy The genus was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1880, with the type species being ''Peltoschema filicornis'', by monotypy, and was redescribed in 2001 by Reid and Slipinski. The taxonomic decision for the synonymy of ''Acacicola'' , ''Pyrgoides'', and ''Pyrgo'' is based on Reid and Slipinski's 2001 paper. Distribution Beetles of this genus are found in all states and territories of Australia. Host plants Host plants include not only plants in the genera ''Acacia'' and ''Daviesia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ... country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peltoschema Caloptera
''Peltoschema'' is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, insects also called leaf beetles. This genus contains about 94 species. Some mimic ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. ''Peltoschema orphana'' (the fireblight beetle) can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle. and badly damage '' Acacia mearnsii''. ''Peltoschema'' ''suturalis'' is native to Australia and another pest of ''Acacias. Taxonomy The genus was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1880, with the type species being ''Peltoschema filicornis'', by monotypy, and was redescribed in 2001 by Reid and Slipinski. The taxonomic decision for the synonymy of ''Acacicola'' , ''Pyrgoides'', and ''Pyrgo'' is based on Reid and Slipinski's 2001 paper. Distribution Beetles of this genus are found in all states and territories of Australia. Host plants Host plants include not only plants in the genera ''Acacia'' and '' Daviesia'' in the Faba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the family are native to the European, Asian, African, Australian, and Americas, American tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. The former family Asclepiadaceae (now known as Asclepiadoideae) is considered a subfamily of Apocynaceae and contains 348 genera. A list of Apocynaceae genera may be found List of subfamilies and genera of Apocynaceae, here. Many species are tall trees found in tropical forests, but some grow in tropical dry (xeric) environments. Also perennial plant, perennial herbs from temperate zones occur. Many of these plants have milky latex, and many species are poisonous if ingested, the family being rich in genera containing alkaloids and cardiac glycosides, those containing the latter often finding use as arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
