Melobasis propinqua (Propinqua jewel beetle)
Order Coleoptera, family Buprestidae. Adults can be found on shrubby 'bush peas' such as Dillwynia and Pultenaea, where they appear to eat the flowers.
Melobasis propinqua is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast
Species information
- Melobasis propinqua Scientific name
- Propinqua jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1473.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Location information
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Maps
Aranda Bushland Black Mountain Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Boro Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Endeavour Reserve (Bombala) Kowen Escarpment Lower Cotter Catchment Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo) Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP Mount Painter Mount Taylor Namadgi National Park Percival Hill Piney Ridge Tinderry Nature Reserve Top Hut TSR Tuggeranong Hill Woodstock Nature Reserve -
Places
Aranda, ACT Berridale, NSW Bruce, ACT Bungendore, NSW Burra, NSW Cavan, NSW Dry Plain, NSW Gundaroo, NSW Hall, ACT O'Connor, ACT Tharwa, ACT Theodore, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
