Castiarina australasiae (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Stigmoderini » subtribe Stigmoderina
Castiarina species group: australasiae
Castiarina australasiae Adult images
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
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| L1 | 10.9 | 9.95 – 11.4 | n = 6 | 11.3 | 8.6 – 13.4 | n = 3 |
| W | 3.9 | 3.45 – 4.2 | n = 6 | 4.2 | 3.2 – 4.9 | n = 3 |
| Legend | L1 | length from clypeus/frons to elytral apex (mean, range, sample size) |
| L2 | length from anterior of edge of eyes to elytral apex |
| W | maximum width with elytra fully closed |
Distribution
YP, SL, KI
Australian States: SA, TAS, VIC, NSW, QLD
Southern South Australia distribution
| Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Castiarina australasiae (total of 80 beetles)
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| Legend | | live emerged adults, count > median value of 3 per quarter month |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 3 |
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month |
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
Adult host plants
| Leptospermum sp. | 35 | 3 | SL, KI | M |
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| Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 13 | 3 | SL, KI | P1 |
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| Leptospermum continentale | 11 | 3 | SL, KI | M |
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| Hakea mitchellii | 3 | 1 | KI | P2 |
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| Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 2 | 2 | KI | M |
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| Eucalyptus rugosa | 2 | 1 | KI | M |
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| Eucalyptus albopurpurea | 2 | 1 | KI | M |
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| Eucalyptus remota | 2 | 1 | KI | M |
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| Calytrix tetragona | 1 | 1 | KI | M |
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| *Kunzea ambigua | 1 | 1 | SL | M |
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| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 1 | 1 | SL | M |
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| Melaleuca brevifolia | 1 | 1 | KI | M |
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| Melaleuca gibbosa | 1 | 1 | KI | M |
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| Legend | beetles | count of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon |
| sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) |
| * | indicates alien (non-native) plant occurrences, either wild or planted (the species may be alien in SA, or native in parts of its SA range) |
Plant family
| M |
Myrtaceae |
58 |
78% |
9 |
| P1 |
Pittosporaceae |
13 |
18% |
1 |
| P2 |
Proteaceae |
3 |
4% |
1 |
Position on adult host
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| on flower(s) | | 23 | 9 |
| on flowering plant | | 13 | 7 |
| on plant (unspecified) | | 39 | 5 |
| ¹ Legend | regions | SA State Herbarium regions (map)
EA: Eastern, EP: Eyre Peninsula, FR: Flinders Ranges, GT: Gairdner-Torrens, KI: Kangaroo Island, LE: Lake Eyre, MU: Murray, NL: Northern Lofty, NU: Nullarbor, NW: North-Western, SE: South-Eastern, SL: Southern Lofty, YP: Yorke Peninsula |
| size | The ellipse is the correct size when printed, indicative on a desktop screen, and likely to be wrong on a mobile device. |
