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Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939, a species native to the U. S. A. and adventive to Sardinia, Italy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini)

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Clark, Shawn M., Rattu, Andrea, Cillo, Davide (2014): Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939, a species native to the U. S. A. and adventive to Sardinia, Italy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini). Zootaxa 3774 (1): 83-89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.1.6

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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.6141279 (DOI)
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  • In Europe, M. obesula is most likely to be confused with Ophraella communa LeSage, 1986, another species native to North America that has recently been discovered in Italy. The two species are distinguishable by the generic characters mentioned above.
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