Oceanica leaf beetle at Amaroo, ACT
Identification history
| Peltoschema oceanica | 31 Oct 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 31 Oct 2018 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Initially thought it was a transverse ladybird, but the shoulder spots aren't joined.
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
1 Nov 2018
The feature that tells us this is not a ladybird is the long, thin antennae. Ladybirds have them very short and with a little club on the end.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.126357-35.177198
- Altitude 611.5m
- Maps Yerrabi Pond
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2018 12:24 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Peltoschema oceanica Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Peltoschema oceanica Scientific name
- Oceanica leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1638.08m Recorded at altitude
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