| Agasicles | |
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| Agasicles hygrophila | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Agasicles Jacoby, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Agasicles vittata Jacoby, 1905 | |
Agasicles is a genus of flea beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The species of this genus are native to South America, though the species Agasicles hygrophila has been introduced to the southeastern United States as a biological control agent against alligator weed.
Species
The genus includes five species:
- Agasicles connexa (Boheman, 1859)
- Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971
- Agasicles interrogationis (Clark, 1865)
- Agasicles opaca Bechyné, 1959
- Agasicles vittata Jacoby, 1905
References
- "Agasicles Jacoby, 1904". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
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