Eucalyptus leaf beetle at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Paropsis atomaria | 22 Aug 2016 | RogerF | ||
| Paropsis atomaria | 22 Aug 2016 | MichaelBedingfield |
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On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
5 comments
RogerF
wrote:
22 Aug 2016
I would prefer to restrict the common name of tortoise beetle to the sub-family Cassidinae and call the species of chrysomelinae as leaf beetles which can then be termed eucalypt leaf beetle or acacia leaf beetle depending on host plant.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
23 Aug 2016
Roger, Kim Pullen set up this species for CNM last night. I was just adding a sighting so we have a photo of the species. I don't understand fully what you say in the comment. You need to talk to him I think.
KimPullen
wrote:
23 Aug 2016
Good point Roger. I got the common name from the PADIL website http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/135757 .
RogerF
wrote:
23 Aug 2016
Common names can be a bit of a minefield especially where the same insect species is called by a different name depending on which state or region it is found. However we do have several common species belonging to the sub-family Cassidinae that are the real tortoise beetles, because of their shape, while many more species belong to the Chrysomelinae with a different, more domed shape that are the leaf beetles. NB there are several other sub-families of Chrysomelidae with no common name apart from the flea beetles (in the Galerucinae).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.066177-35.501128
- Altitude 600.6m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 15 Feb 2015 08:18 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
Species information
- Paropsis atomaria Scientific name
- Eucalyptus leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1600.81m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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