Sighting 4369201
Gum Tree Shield Bug at Crooked Corner, NSW
Identification history
| Poecilometis strigatus | 31 Jan 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Poecilometis ellipticus | 29 Jan 2021 | Milly |
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User's notes
I think this is an 'advanced stage nymph, maybe just before adulthood of Poecilometis ellipticus.
4 comments
Milly
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
Thanks Michael - I take it then from your ID that P.strigatus is the accepted name now?
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
Yes according to the Atlas of Living Australia where our records are forwarded onto
Location information
- Coordinates 149.345658-34.208944
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2021 10:36 AM Recorded on
- Milly Recorded by
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Collections
Milly Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Poecilometis strigatus Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Poecilometis strigatus Scientific name
- Gum Tree Shield Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 953m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Poecilometis ellipticus
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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