Freudeita is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is found in South America.[3] The genus is dedicated to the German entomologist Heinz Freude [de].[1]

Freudeita
Freudeita cupripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Freudeita
Bechyné, 1950[1]
Type species
Colaspis parellina
Erichson, 1847

In May 2019, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority approved an application to introduce Freudeita cf. cupripennis as a biological control agent against the moth plant (Araujia hortorum), an invasive weed in New Zealand.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d Bechyné, J. (1950). "Notes sur les Chrysomeloidea de l'Amerique du Sud et du Centre (Col. Phytoph.)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 1: 237–269.
  2. ^ a b c Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. ^ a b c d Flowers, R. Wills (1995). "Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)". The Florida Entomologist. 78 (3): 553–557. doi:10.2307/3495545. JSTOR 3495545.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Moth plant beetle approved for New Zealand to control noxious weed". Newsroom. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ Lefèvre, E. (1884). "Le diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'Eumolpides". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. Série 6. 4: CXX–CXXI.
  6. ^ a b Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6: 569–657.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Bechyné, J. (1951). "Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 2: 227–352.
  8. ^ Bechyné, J.; Springlová de Bechyné, B. (1964). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea Néotropicaux (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 11: 117–137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  9. ^ Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7: 115–166.
  10. ^ Bechyné, J.; Springlovà de Bechyné, B. (1961). "Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea neotropicais" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. New Series. 33: 1–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  11. ^ Bechyné, J. (1950). "Notes sur les Eumolpides néotropicaux des collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique" (PDF). Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. 26 (54): 1–24.
  12. ^ a b Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
  13. ^ a b c Bechyné, J.; Springlovà de Bechyné, B. (1969). "Notas sobre Phytophaga americanos (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay). 3: 5–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  14. ^ a b Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.