Order Coleoptera, family Buprestidae. Adults can be found on shrubby 'bush peas' such as Dillwynia and Pultenaea, where they appear to eat the flowers.
Melobasis propinqua is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast
Maps
Albury Aranda Bushland Black Mountain Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Boro Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Endeavour Reserve (Bombala) Jerrawangala National Park Kowen Escarpment Lower Cotter Catchment Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo) Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP Mount Painter Mount Taylor Nail Can Hill Namadgi National Park Percival Hill Piney Ridge Tinderry Nature Reserve Top Hut TSR Tuggeranong Hill Woodstock Nature ReservePlaces
Aranda, ACT Berridale, NSW Bruce, ACT Bungendore, NSW Burra, NSW Cavan, NSW Dry Plain, NSW Glenroy, NSW Gundaroo, NSW Hall, ACT O'Connor, ACT Tharwa, ACT Theodore, ACT Yarralumla, ACT