Acacia leaf beetle at Weetangera, ACT
Identification history
| Calomela sp. (genus) | 5 Mar 2022 | jb2602 | ||
| Calomela vittata | 23 Oct 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Calomela vittata | 22 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Calomela curtisi | 21 Oct 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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5 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
23 Oct 2019
Hi Michael,
I'm not an expert, but I thought these were curtisi as the stripe on vittata seems to be much more narrow. Happy to be corrected.
I'm not an expert, but I thought these were curtisi as the stripe on vittata seems to be much more narrow. Happy to be corrected.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
23 Oct 2019
Thanks Alison when it comes to beetles you have more expertise than I - so I suspect your right hopefully some-one else can confirm this
AlisonMilton
wrote:
23 Oct 2019
Thanks. I learned a lot about Acacia and Eucalyptus beetles last year, but I'm still not always confident with identification.
jb2602
wrote:
5 Mar 2022
Not C. vittata which has vitae band < 1/3 elytra width. Could be C. parilis which has: No black on head, pronotum, scutellum, suture line. Front or side image I think is needed to confirm.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.048048-35.260155
- Altitude 682.9m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Weetangera, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 1 Oct 2019 09:37 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) AlisonMilton
Additional information
- Black wattle Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Calomela vittata Scientific name
- Acacia leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1427m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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