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 <small>(Lefèvre, 1891)</small>
- Freudeita callosa <small>Bechyné, 1953</small>
- Freudeita chalcites <small>(Lefèvre, 1884)</small>
- Freudeita colligens <small>Bechyné, 1951</small>
- Freudeita cruda <small>Bechyné, 1951</small>
- Freudeita cuprinula <small>Bechyné, 1950</small>
- Freudeita cuprinula cuprinula <small>Bechyné, 1950</small>
- Freudeita cuprinula fortis <small>Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964</small>
- Freudeita cuprinula maldonaldoi <small>Bechyné, 1953</small>
- Freudeita cupripennis <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Freudeita duplicata <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Freudeita interlata <small>Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961</small>
- Freudeita iracunda <small>Bechyné, 1950</small>
- Freudeita macroscopia <small>Bechyné, 1954</small>
- Freudeita parellina <small>(Erichson, 1847)</small>
- Freudeita peruviana <small>(Bowditch, 1921)</small>
- Freudeita plaumanni <small>Bechyné, 1951</small>
- Freudeita porosa <small>(Jacoby, 1900)</small>
- Freudeita proligens <small>Bechyné, 1951</small>
- Freudeita subopaca <small>Bechyné, 1950</small>
- Freudeita violacea <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Freudeita violacea cyaneoazurea <small>Bechyné, 1951</small>
- Freudeita violacea subnitida <small>Bechyné, 1950</small>
- Freudeita violacea violacea <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Freudeita viridipes <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Freudeita viridipes cyanea <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Freudeita viridipes viridipes <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
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