Chalcopteroides columbinus

Rainbow darkling beetle at Lyneham, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.130833-35.254722
• Altitude 592.0m
• Maps Lyneham Wetland Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South City Renewal Authority Area
• Places Lyneham, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 22 Feb 2021 02:55 PM Recorded on
• trevorpreston Recorded by

• Collections

  trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

• Gum tree Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

• Chalcopteroides columbinus Scientific name
• Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 966.1m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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