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Altica cirsicola
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Altica cirsicola

Altica cirsicola is a species of flea beetle from the genus Altica, which belongs to the family Chrysomelidae (commonly known as leaf beetles). A. cirsicola is found throughout East Asia. Adults feed exclusively on plants from the genus Cirsium. This food resource provides the species with the opportunity to create holes in the leaves of the plant, which helps to provide the beetles with camouflage and protection from predators.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 984615.