Leaf beetle, Button beetle at Dryandra St Woodland
Identification history
| Paropsisterna nigerrima | 24 Aug 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Paropsisterna nigerrima | 24 Aug 2024 | martinl | ||
| Paropsisterna beata | 4 Mar 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Jun 2023 | ConBoekel |
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1 comment
martinl
wrote:
24 Aug 2024
This beetle has punctate rows along the elytra. These somehow break up the lighter patches on the back, as your photo shows very clearly. These two features distinguish it from P. beata. It is a mimic of P. beata.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109857-35.258982
- Altitude 620.2m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Mar 2023 09:32 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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