Monolepta sp. (genus)
Leaf beetle at Melba, ACT
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| Monolepta sp. (genus) | KimberiRP | 18 Mar 2022 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 22 Jan 2022 |
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About 12mm long, if I remember correctly.
4 comments
6 Mar 2022
Appears to be Monolepta minima. However that species usually has the head and pronotum entirely black, and is only about 5 or 6mm long, not 12mm.
6 Mar 2022
I am very bad with remembering sizes. It could have very well been 6mm. I am often quite annoyed with myself over this. I think I only put the comment of 12mm there to make sure that it was at the lower end of the large larger range I picked. I should have picked the smaller range, I think.
18 Mar 2022
Monolepta minima as identified in the ANIC (I have just looked at them) has a consistently different pattern. I can't find any identified specimens that match this one, so I will call it just 'Monolepta sp.'.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050073-35.208797
- Altitude 498.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2021 08:29 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Monolepta sp. (genus) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Monolepta sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 958m Recorded at altitude
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