Eucalyptus leaf beetle at Black Range, NSW
Identification history
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User's notes
Darker form of button beetle (paropsisterna or dicranosterna) like that of an earlier post (4257741). Bad photo, I'm sorry. Can't get them to stay still.
4 comments
StephH
wrote:
28 May 2020
Found what I think is this beetle on the ALA: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1fe08a27-87a2-48b1-8582-6662e64681a0.
KimPullen
wrote:
29 May 2020
Yes I think this is Paropsisterna octosignata. The second image seems to show a tinge of red on the sides of the pronotum, which is not typical of that species, as stated at https://sites.google.com/site/paropsisternablackpages/paropsisterna-octosignata. However that same website shows a Victorian individual that does have a red-margined pronotum.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.846779-36.732443
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 May 2020 07:28 AM Recorded on
- StephH Recorded by
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Collections
StephH South Coast NatureMapr Paropsisterna octosignata Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Paropsisterna octosignata Scientific name
- Eucalyptus leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 960.4m Recorded at altitude
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