A case-bearing leaf beetle at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Cryptocephalinae (sub-family) | 16 Sep 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Cryptocephalinae (sub-family) | 15 Sep 2022 | donhe | ||
| Mataeomera (genus) | 15 Sep 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 14 Sep 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Sep 2022 | amiessmacro |
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User's notes
Found on blade of grass
5 comments
donhe
wrote:
15 Sep 2022
Oh dear, we had one like this before, and I cannot remember what we eventually found out what it was. I think it is not Psychidae, but maybe a beetle larvae?
donhe
wrote:
15 Sep 2022
Mataeomera larvae seem only to have a hemispherical cover on top, unlike the totally surrounding case of this specimen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.006479-34.996018
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Sep 2022 05:24 PM Recorded on
- amiessmacro Recorded by
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My flagged sightings Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) amiessmacro Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Cryptocephalinae (sub-family) Scientific name
- A case-bearing leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 764m Recorded at altitude
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