Castiarina vicina
Vicina jewel beetle at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Castiarina vicina | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Dec 2025 | |
| Castiarina vicina | SteveBorkowskis | 7 Dec 2025 |
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4 comments
8 Dec 2025
Mark H, given the cream elytral basal fasciae, might this be subvicina rather than vicina? EDIT: I mean to say 'two yellow spots at the base of the elytra'. The term 'fascia / fasciae' are actually the dark areas on the elytra.
8 Dec 2025
I don’t think so. I’ve only got one subvicina identified by Shelley and it’s a smaller slightly narrower beetle then the vicina I have seen. Pattern can be pretty much the same and colour 🤷♂️.. it can also vary a bit.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.216919-35.382339
- Altitude 654.1m
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2025 05:39 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- SteveBorkowskis NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Castiarina vicina Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Castiarina vicina Scientific name
- Vicina jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 654.1m Recorded at altitude
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