Castiarina maculicollis
1 Black spot jewel beetle at Molonglo Valley, ACT
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| Castiarina maculicollis | KimPullen | 11 Feb 2017 | |
| Castiarina maculicollis | RogerF | 9 Feb 2017 | |
| Unverified | galah681 | 9 Feb 2017 |
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4 comments
10 Feb 2017
Certainly looks like C. maculicollis as figured in Barker. But its range is given as SE Qld only! I'll check with Allen Sundholm - he knows them.
20 Jan 2021
Passing on some follow up info from Allen Sundholm from today ............" I can now advise that I consider that the record of Castiarina maculicollis in Canberra a few years ago is a valid record. There was some doubt at the time as it had never been recorded in NSW before, only in SE QLD. Perhaps an accidental introduction. However, a friend of mine got one high up on a flowering Angophora near Mendooran (north east of Dubbo) last week. So the Canberra record now sounds very convincing, not an introduction.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066668-35.286045
- Altitude 596.1m
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2017 11:14 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
- Eucalyptus macroryncha Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) galah681 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Castiarina maculicollis
Species information
- Castiarina maculicollis Scientific name
- Black spot jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 596.1m Recorded at altitude
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