Host Pultenaea tenuifolia for Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Host plant Pultenaea tenuifolia  (Narrow-leaf Bush-pea)
Pultenaea tenuifolia p Denzel Murfet Monarto CP Pultenaea tenuifolia p Denzel Murfet Mt Boothby CP Pultenaea tenuifolia, PJL 3451, 8.3 km SSE Mount Hope settlement, EP, by P.J. Lang, plant, P1090311 Pultenaea tenuifolia flowers Nuragi Reserve (3) Pultenaea tenuifolia, PJL 3451, 8.3 km SSE Mount Hope settlement, EP, by P.J. Lang, flower, P1090316
Adult host: Buprestidae species recorded as adults on Pultenaea tenuifolia, displayed in reverse count order
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3264, male, from Pultenaea tenuifolia, SE
Melobasis propinqua verna (20)
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL0146A, PL0146B, male, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Ethonion cf. corpulentum Small, PL4168A, male, EP
Ethonion cf. corpulentum Small (1)
Ethonion cf. corpulentum Small, PL4552A, male, on Eutaxia microphylla (for photo), SE
shown on Eutaxia microphylla (for photo)
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL0427A, male, SL
Ethonion cf. reichei (1)
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL0427, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Larval host: Buprestidae species recorded breeding in Pultenaea tenuifolia, displayed in reverse count order
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3264, male, from Pultenaea tenuifolia, SE
Melobasis propinqua verna (35)
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL0146A, PL0146B, male, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3856, non-emerged adult, in Pultenaea involucrata (PJL 3142) stem base, SL
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3835x, pupa, from Pultenaea densifolia (PJL 3129), same pupa 4 days later on RHS, SE
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3826A, prepupa, from Pultenaea tenuifolia (PJL 3122), dorsal & ventral, MU
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3825A, larva, from Pultenaea tenuifolia (PJL 3121) root crown, MU
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3825A, larva, MU
Castiarina recta, PL2794B, female, SE
Castiarina recta (6)
Castiarina recta, PL3896, male, on Pultenaea tenuifolia, EP
shown on Pultenaea tenuifolia
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL0427A, male, SL
Ethonion cf. reichei (2)
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL0427, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL2547D, non-emerged adult, in Pultenaea largiflorens (PJL 2841) root crown gall, SL
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL2547D, non-emerged adult, on Pultenaea largiflorens root crown gall (for photo), SL
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens root crown gall (for photo)
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL2546A, larva, in Pultenaea largiflorens root crown gall, SL