2 Jewel Beetle at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Castiarina costata | 28 Jul 2024 | entom2 | ||
| Castiarina costata | 21 Dec 2023 | Harrisi | ||
| Castiarina jospilota | 21 Dec 2023 | Harrisi |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
21 Dec 2023
First CNM record of this species and there are very few records outside of the Sydney area
4 comments
MarkH
wrote:
21 Dec 2023
Hi Stuart, this is definitely Castiarina costata (I was just writing my comment and saw yours above). I checked against my reference collection of both species and costata is larger than jospilota, more parallel sided, more costate, and has a goldy/coppery pronotum, just like the one in the photo.
I also note it’s not in the species list so another new one for the ACT.
Cheers
I also note it’s not in the species list so another new one for the ACT.
Cheers
Harrisi
wrote:
21 Dec 2023
Thanks Mark, was on edge of CNM range in habitat I am not that familiar with. Have encountered this sp. along Deua river before, also on Cassinia sp.
entom2
wrote:
28 Jul 2024
Most definitely Castiarina costata, which, as Mark Hanlon suggests, an interesting record as most records are from around Sydney, where in times past I have encountered it along the Heathcote Road at the Williams Creek xing and at Sandy Point, along the Colo River near the xing of the Putty Road, in western Sydney at Doonside, Kingswood, and Londonderry, and in the upper Blue Mountains at Mount York. I have also encountered it in south-eastern NSW where Stuart has encountered it, and where I have encountered it near Berry and as far south as near Cadgee. I have several specimens collected by Jim Turner at Ebor Falls, which is to the SW of Dorrigo, NSW. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm
Location information
- Coordinates 150.118229-35.089503
- Places Nerriga, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 16 Dec 2023 09:52 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
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Collections
Significant sightings Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Harrisi
Additional information
- Cassinia sp. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Castiarina costata Scientific name
- Jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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