Agasicles hygrophila

Agasicles hygrophila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Genus: Agasicles
Species: Agasicles hygrophila

Name

Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971

Holotype and Allotype: USNM 71047, near Castelar, Prov. de Buenos Aires, R. A. Alternanthera philoxeroides along banks of the Rio Reconquista, 20-III-62' (Selman & Vogt, 1971: 1019)

References

Selman, B.J. & Vogt, G.B. 1971. Lectotype designations in the South American genus Agasicles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with description of a new species important as a supressant of alligatorweed. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64(5): 1016–1020. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/64.5.1016 .

Vernacular names

English: Alligator weed flea beetle

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