Unidentified Castiarina jewel beetle at Borough, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina indistincta | 18 Dec 2024 | entom2 | ||
| Castiarina sp. (genus) | 18 Dec 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Dec 2024 | Paul4K |
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User's notes
Only one shot and it was gone.
3 comments
MarkH
wrote:
18 Dec 2024
Looking at this again it’s likely Castiarina indistincta or maybe Castiarina ignota (however the pronotum in ignota is generally more shiny green.
Both species have a red background colour to the elytra.
Both species have a red background colour to the elytra.
entom2
wrote:
18 Dec 2024
Given the dark green pronotum and red elytra I'd vouch for Castiarina indistincta.
Location information
- Maps Boro
- Places Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Paul4K Recorded by
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Collections
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Paul4K Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Castiarina sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Castiarina jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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