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Flea beetle, Epitrix, vegetables and weeds, Fiji

June 2017. A common flea beetle that feeds on a wide host range in of vegetable crops and weeds in the Sigatoka Valley, Fiji. Is it the tobacco flea beetle (Epitrix hirtipennis)?

Chris Reid identified the flea beetle as Epitrix hirtipennis, on Solanaceae.