Paropsisterna cloelia
1 Eucalyptus variegated beetle at Googong, NSW
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| Paropsisterna cloelia | Amata | 14 Apr 2022 | |
| Unverified | SteveBorkowskis | 21 Jan 2022 |
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Looking for ID for the larger/darker beetle, I think the smaller one may be Paropsisterna variicollis. Is this a different species or just a different colouration of the same species?
5 comments
28 Feb 2022
@Birdy Daniel, The request is for the ID of the bigger black beetle, not the Paropsisterna variicollis. Thanks Alison
6 Mar 2022
Both are Paropsisterna cloelia, which has both yellow and black variants. The name P. variicollis is now treated as a synonym of P. cloelia (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aen.12476).
6 Mar 2022
Thanks for the update Kim. Its seems ttis uodate might not have happened but for its introduction to WA and NZ. I wonder how many more species are in this position from DNA analysis. Remember Gonipterus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.213897-35.392497
- Altitude 668.3m
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2022 07:44 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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- SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paropsisterna cloelia Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Paropsisterna cloelia Scientific name
- Eucalyptus variegated beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1650.77m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Paropsisterna variicollis
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