AUS ACT NSW ACT Government Connecting Nature, Connecting People :: Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council :: Australian Native Plants Society (ANPS) CBR Region :: Gearys Gap/Wamboin Landcare Group
Home Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Chrysomelidae sp. (family)

Unidentified Leaf Beetle at Jerrabomberra, ACT

Chrysomelidae sp. (family) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023
Request use of media

Identification history

Chrysomelidae sp. (family) 22 Jan 2023 AlisonMilton
Chrysomelidae sp. (family) 22 Jan 2023 michaelb
Unidentified 20 Jan 2023 Mike

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

1 comment

   22 Jan 2023
Hi Michael, Quite possibly Paropsisterna fastidiosa. I raised some somilar larvae to this species some years ago but have had mixed results. I'm currently trying to start a study to definitively link the larvae to the adult beetle.
Regards
Alison

Please Login or Register to comment.

Nearby sightings

Page 1 of 1 - image sightings only 24 1 23

Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike Microlaena stipoides (Weeping Grass) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike Amorbus sp. (genus) (Eucalyptus Tip bug) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike Paropsis variolosa (Variolosa leaf beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike Paropsisterna cloelia (Eucalyptus variegated beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike Paropsini sp. (tribe) (Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (Spotted Grass Frog) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 13 Jun 2022 by rawshorty Aquila audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Jun 2021 by RodDeb Melithreptus lunatus (White-naped Honeyeater) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Apr 2021 by AlisonMilton Caligavis chrysops (Yellow-faced Honeyeater) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Apr 2021 by AlisonMilton Chrysolina quadrigemina (Greater St Johns Wort beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 8 Oct 2020 by SandraH Taxeotis intextata (Looper Moth, Grey Taxeotis) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 9 Nov 2019 by Marthijn Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow Box) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 13 Aug 2019 by Mike Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining Bronze-Cuckoo) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 10 Oct 2018 by BIrdsinCanberra Trichoglossus moluccanus (Rainbow Lorikeet) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 10 Oct 2018 by BIrdsinCanberra Crinia signifera (Common Eastern Froglet) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 18 Sep 2018 by SWishart zz agaric (stem; gills white/cream) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Dec 2017 by HarveyPerkins Diplacodes bipunctata (Wandering Percher) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 11 Nov 2016 by roymcd Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 11 Nov 2016 by roymcd Xanthagrion erythroneurum (Red & Blue Damsel) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 11 Nov 2016 by roymcd Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 12 Jan 2016 by RyuCallaway
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike
Microlaena stipoides (Weeping Grass) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike
Amorbus sp. (genus) (Eucalyptus Tip bug) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike
Paropsis variolosa (Variolosa leaf beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike
Paropsisterna cloelia (Eucalyptus variegated beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike
Paropsini sp. (tribe) (Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by Mike
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (Spotted Grass Frog) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 13 Jun 2022 by rawshorty
Aquila audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Jun 2021 by RodDeb
Melithreptus lunatus (White-naped Honeyeater) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Apr 2021 by AlisonMilton
Caligavis chrysops (Yellow-faced Honeyeater) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Apr 2021 by AlisonMilton
Chrysolina quadrigemina (Greater St Johns Wort beetle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 8 Oct 2020 by SandraH
Taxeotis intextata (Looper Moth, Grey Taxeotis) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 9 Nov 2019 by Marthijn
Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow Box) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 13 Aug 2019 by Mike
Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining Bronze-Cuckoo) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 10 Oct 2018 by BIrdsinCanberra
Trichoglossus moluccanus (Rainbow Lorikeet) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 10 Oct 2018 by BIrdsinCanberra
Crinia signifera (Common Eastern Froglet) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 18 Sep 2018 by SWishart
zz agaric (stem; gills white/cream) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Dec 2017 by HarveyPerkins
Diplacodes bipunctata (Wandering Percher) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 11 Nov 2016 by roymcd
Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 11 Nov 2016 by roymcd
Xanthagrion erythroneurum (Red & Blue Damsel) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 11 Nov 2016 by roymcd
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 12 Jan 2016 by RyuCallaway

Location information

Species information

  • Chrysomelidae sp. (family) Scientific name
  • Unidentified Leaf Beetle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 20 Jan 2023 04:21 PM Recorded on
  • Mike Recorded by

Additional information

  • Larvae Breeding behaviour
  • eucalyptus Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • False Pollinator Insect on Flower

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,073,922 sightings of 18,542 species in 4,974 locations from 10,200 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.