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Cleorina
Sign in to saveCleorina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in South, East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- CSIRO, NMV, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, Singapore
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Cleorina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in South, East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia.
Cleorina modiglianii, a species found in Sumatra, was considered as a potential biological control agent for the giant bramble (Rubus alceifolius), an invasive plant species in La Réunion, but was rejected after testing its host specificity.
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