Leaf beetle at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Peltoschema orphana | 21 Oct 2024 | martinl | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Oct 2024 | TimL |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marcus for the initial sighting on a footbridge handrail at ANBG.
1 comment
martinl
wrote:
21 Oct 2024
Peltoschema orphana is a complex. Those feeding on bipinnare Acacias are P. orphana. Other species looking very similar and feeding on different wattles undoubtedly also occur.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107037-35.274073
- Altitude 623.2m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2024 02:09 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Peltoschema orphana Scientific name
- Leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 623.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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