Trachymela sloanei

TaxID: 3161553

Basic Information

Trachymela sloanei

Australian Tortoise Beetle, Australian tortoise beetle

Trachymela sloanei, known generally as the Australian tortoise beetle or small eucalyptus tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. The species is native to Australia, where it lives on Eucalyptus trees. It is an invasive pest in California, and was recently established in Shenzhen (China), Chile, Spain, Portugal and Greece.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Trachymela

sloanei

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) K Schneider@BY-NC
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(c) Damon Tighe@BY-NC
Trachymela sloanei
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(c) Gunter Maywald@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult 6–7 mm long, entirely brown with darker mottled spots. Ventral side of terminal tarsomeres bears dense golden setae. A row of fine hairs present on distal half of meso- and metatibiae.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (6 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent —
Brazil A1 list 2020
Chile A2 list 2024
Peru Absent —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (17 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

17
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Australia Present
Canada Present —
Chile Present —
China Present
Ecuador Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
Greece Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature