Paropsini sp. (tribe)

Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle at Numeralla, NSW

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Identification history

	Paropsini sp. (tribe)	28 Feb 2022	KimberiRP
	Unidentified	13 Feb 2022	SteveBorkowskis

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4 comments

RogerF wrote:

14 Feb 2022

Steve, Do have any information on the host plant?

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.

KimberiRP wrote:

28 Feb 2022

Possibly genus Faex or Peltoschema.

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.

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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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Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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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