Calomela juncta
Leaf beetle at Black Range, NSW
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| Calomela juncta | KimPullen | 12 Aug 2020 | |
| Calomela juncta | KimPullen | 12 Aug 2020 | |
| Unverified | StephH | 23 Apr 2020 |
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User's notes
Bad phone photo, I'm sorry. About 1 cm long, brightly coloured with spectacular iridescent spots down the side of the wing covers. I'm guessing a leaf beetle, and maybe Calomela genus.
4 comments
24 Apr 2020
Thanks Jackie. Yes, I put it in as un-ID leaf beetle as that was as close an ID as I could be fairly sure of. I didn't select Calomela as that was a real guess.
30 Apr 2020
Oh dear, I think I need a better photo! Thanks very much, Max. Both species seem variable in the photos on those sites too, which makes it harder. My impression of it was as a generally lighter green overall than many of the juncta images. I'll just have to find another one!
12 Aug 2020
There are more images on Martin Lagerwey's site at https://sites.google.com/site/calomelagallery/home .
26 Sep 2020
Roger Farrow has a pic of Calomela bartoni (p 132 of his 2016 edn) that looks very similar too.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.845889-36.732568
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Apr 2020 11:58 AM Recorded on
- StephH Recorded by
Collections
- StephH South Coast NatureMapr Calomela juncta Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Calomela juncta Scientific name
- Leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1143.4m Recorded at altitude
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