Leaf beetle, Button beetle at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Paropsisterna nigerrima | 24 Aug 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Paropsisterna octosignata | 18 Jan 2023 | AlisonMilton |
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1 comment
martinl
wrote:
24 Aug 2024
P. nigerrima is distinguished by ten series of strongly punctured rows. It is very variable, sometimes all black or all striped. This six-blotched form mimics P. beata. I can tell that yours is the mimic (ie nigerrima) by the broken blotches, caused by the deep puncturation series). A form of beata (rubrosignata) occurs in Queensland, which your beetle seems to imitate. Curiously, while I have seen your exact beetle before (in Campbelltown) there are no records the red-bordered beata in NSW.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27687319
Location information
- Coordinates 149.037108-35.243130
- Altitude 676.1m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2023 09:02 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) AlisonMilton
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Paropsisterna nigerrima Scientific name
- Leaf beetle, Button beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 676.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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