Host Choretrum chrysanthum for Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Host plant Choretrum chrysanthum  (Yellow Sour-bush)
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Choretrum chrysanthum habit Lock2 Choretrum chrysanthum flower spike (2) Microcastalia globithorax, PL3572, adult host plant, Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890), EP Microcastalia globithorax, PL3572, adult host plant, Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890), EP
Adult host: Buprestidae species recorded as adults on Choretrum chrysanthum, displayed in reverse count order
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3572B, male, from Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890), EP
Microcastalia globithorax (9)
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3572D, male, on Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890), EP
shown on Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890)
Larval host: Buprestidae species recorded breeding in Choretrum chrysanthum, displayed in reverse count order
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3572B, male, from Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890), EP
Microcastalia globithorax (13)
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3572D, male, on Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890), EP
shown on Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 2890)
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3776, male, reared adult, from Choretrum glomeratum stem, SE
Microcastalia globithorax, PL4113, pupa, from Choretrum glomeratum (PJL 3291) exposed root, EP
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3776, pupa, from Choretrum glomeratum stem, dorsal & ventral, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski
Microcastalia globithorax, PL3634, prepupa, from Choretrum chrysanthum (PJL 3083) stem base, EP
Microcastalia globithorax, PL4127A, larva, from Choretrum glomeratum (PJL 3296), dorsal & ventral, SE
Microcastalia globithorax, PL4188, larva, from Leptomeria aphylla (PJL 3312), dorsal, SE
Microcastalia globithorax, PL4188, larva, from Leptomeria aphylla (PJL 3312), ventral, SE