Freudeita is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in South America. The genus is dedicated to the German entomologist .
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.
Species
Freudeita alternata (Lefèvre, 1891) Freudeita callosa Bechyné, 1953 Freudeita chalcites (Lefèvre, 1884) Freudeita colligens Bechyné, 1951 Freudeita cruda Bechyné, 1951 Freudeita cuprinula Bechyné, 1950 Freudeita cuprinula cuprinula Bechyné, 1950 Freudeita cuprinula fortis Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964 Freudeita cuprinula maldonaldoi Bechyné, 1953 Freudeita cupripennis (Lefèvre, 1877) Freudeita duplicata (Lefèvre, 1877) Freudeita interlata Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 Freudeita iracunda Bechyné, 1950 Freudeita macroscopia Bechyné, 1954 (note: pages 196–199, 202–203, 206–207 are missing in the PDF) Freudeita parellina (Erichson, 1847) Freudeita peruviana (Bowditch, 1921) Freudeita plaumanni Bechyné, 1951 Freudeita porosa (Jacoby, 1900) Freudeita proligens Bechyné, 1951 Freudeita subopaca Bechyné, 1950 Freudeita violacea (Lefèvre, 1877) Freudeita violacea cyaneoazurea Bechyné, 1951 Freudeita violacea subnitida Bechyné, 1950 Freudeita violacea violacea (Lefèvre, 1877) Freudeita viridipes (Lefèvre, 1877) Freudeita viridipes cyanea (Lefèvre, 1885) Freudeita viridipes viridipes (Lefèvre, 1877)
Synonyms: Freudeita balyi (Jacoby, 1881): moved back to Colaspis Freudeita dentifera Bechyné, 1951: moved to Colaspis Freudeita melancholica (Jacoby, 1881): moved back to Colaspis Freudeita violacea consentanea (Lefèvre, 1891): synonym of Freudeita violacea (Lefèvre, 1877)
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