Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Sighting 4431698

Ditropidus pulchellus

1 Leaf beetle at Acton, ACT

Ditropidus pulchellus at Acton, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 11:10 AM
Ditropidus pulchellus at Acton, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 11:10 AM
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Ditropidus pulchellus 13 Apr 2022 AlisonMilton

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7 comments

RogerF wrote:
   13 Apr 2022
Do yopy know the host plant?
RogerF wrote:
   13 Apr 2022
Do you know the host plant
AlisonMilton wrote:
   14 Apr 2022
Hi Roger,

No I don't know the host plant but I will be back at the Gardens tomorrow and I know where to find it. I could perhaps pick a piece and see if the Garden's staff can identify it. I'll let you know.
RogerF wrote:
   14 Apr 2022
Thanks, I was in the gardens today. Many of the plants have labels.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   15 Apr 2022
It's pretty scrappy up behind the Glasshouses. I don't think many of these have names. Actually, my meeting today is with the ANPS so perhaps one of them would come with me to identify it.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   15 Apr 2022
Hi Roger, The opinion of the ANPS people at today's meeting is that the plant is Cassinia quinquefaria. Of course, the beetle may have fallen from a Eucalyptus.
RogerF wrote:
   15 Apr 2022
Yes C. quinquefaria is very conspicuous at the moment. I have never seen anything feeding on its pungent foliage.

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