Castiarina decemmaculata

Ten-spot Jewel Beetle at Anembo, NSW

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Identification history

Castiarina decemmaculata	20 Feb 2024	MarkH
Castiarina decemmaculata	20 Feb 2024	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	8 Feb 2024	JaneR

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4 comments

WendyEM wrote:

13 Feb 2024

BUPRESTIDAE Castiarina decemmaculata?

Harrisi wrote:

20 Feb 2024

Looks like C. octospilota to me, yellow forehead mark, blue legs, type of yellow....

MarkH wrote:

20 Feb 2024

I thought that Stuart at first but compared my specimens and now think it’s more likely to be decemmaculata. Reasons for the ID are the yellow on the sides of the pronotum does not go up the sides towards the anterior (all of my octospilota do so) and the pattern matches. Reasons against are the yellower colour (rather than cream of decemmaculata) and bit bluish legs and it’s quite late.
But leant to decemmaculata because of pattern.
If we had a photo from straight above it would help significantly!

JaneR wrote:

20 Feb 2024

Sorry,
no photo from directly above. I have added the only other photo, but unfortunately it is more sideways, and not such a different angle from what's already loaded up.

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