Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle at Lyons, ACT
Identification history
| Paropsisterna m-fuscum | 9 Oct 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Paropsisterna m-fuscum | 8 Oct 2021 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Paropsisterna decolorata | 8 Oct 2021 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
Host tree was argyle apple.
1 comment
AlisonMilton
wrote:
8 Oct 2021
I'm inclined to think that this is Paropsisterna m-fusca as this about the only species of leaf beetle that I find on this species of gum tree.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065492-35.326256
- Altitude 599.2m
- Places Lyons, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Oct 2021 12:23 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Paropsisterna m-fuscum Scientific name
- Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1205.52m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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