Paropsini sp. (tribe)
Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle at Numeralla, NSW
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| Paropsini sp. (tribe) | 28 Feb 2022 | KimberiRP | ||
| Unverified | 13 Feb 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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SteveBorkowskis
wrote:
14 Feb 2022
Hi Roger, sorry I don’t have an ID on the host plant. It was a small shrub around 50cm tall, it wasn’t flowering, and you can get an idea of the foliage from the photos. I will be back out that way in a few weeks, so I can take some photos and get the ID of the shrub. It was an understory plant so there is a possibility the true host was the eucalypts above? I also found a single Paropsis augusta on the same shrub.
martinl
wrote:
16 Oct 2023
This species of beetle was recorded by Gunter Maywald in Norhtern NSW. I have a photo. He called it Paropsisterna. I agree. I would first consider the lignea group, ie Paropsisterna interstitialis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=746034&user_id=martinlagerwey&verifiable=any I'd need a closer look before being confident. P. Faex is possible. Peltoschema is not. It does not occur in Victoria. The host plant looks like Cassinia. Definately NOT the food source.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.360747-36.245200
- Altitude 841.3m
- Maps Kybeyan State Conservation Area
- Places Numeralla, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Feb 2022 08:59 AM Recorded on
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- SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paropsini sp. (tribe) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Paropsini sp. (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1049m Recorded at altitude
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