subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Stigmoderini » subtribe Stigmoderina
Castiarina species group: decemmaculata
Readily distinguished from C. parallela and C. xanthopilosa by the pale yellow ventral side, and from the related C. malleeana by the purplish-bronze head and pronotum, and the metallic purple marks and leg colouration below (in C. malleeana these areas are violet, green or blue).
A common species in the Adelaide Hills on Heath Tree-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides and also extending into semi-arid areas on sandy soils with heathy vegetation.
| Legend | |
| number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month |
| estimate of active beetles, inferred* from adjoining date ranges |
| actual count > 9 (median) |
| actual count <= 9 (median) |
| live non-emerged (inactive) beetles only |
| | *Inferred when a site has counts of active beetles for each of two consecutive
periods (date ranges), one finishing and the other starting in the same
quarter-month.
The count estimate is assigned to that quarter-month and calculated
as the lower of the two total beetle counts, divided by the number of quarter-months
in its date range.
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| Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
| sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) |
| adult | live = extracted alive; dead = extracted dead as intact or fragmentary remains; ex billet = reared and emerged from stored sections of host; ex pupa = reared from sampled pupa |
| pupa | extracted pupa; pupa ex larva = reared pupa from larva |
| larva | extracted larva (any stage including prepupa) |
| gall (only) | hatched or unhatched gall identified by form and position rather than contents |
| Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. |
Adult hosts are almost confined to plants of the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae) and largely found on Tea-trees Leptospermum spp., particularly Heath Tea-tree L. myrsinoides. A.M.P. Stolarski is the discoverer of the breeding records for this species.
| 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. |
 stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U1_x300.jpg "Castiarina decemmaculata, PL4205, male, non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia sericea (PJL 3329) stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.7 × 3.8 mm")
 root crown, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D1_x300.jpg "Castiarina decemmaculata, PL3858, dead non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia devitata (PJL 3144) root crown, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 root crown, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D2_x300.jpg "Castiarina decemmaculata, PL3858, dead non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia devitata (PJL 3144) root crown, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 root crown, SE, D3_x300.jpg "Castiarina decemmaculata, PL3858, dead non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia devitata (PJL 3144) root crown, SE")
, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, B1_x300.jpg "Castiarina decemmaculata, PL3996, larval host plant, Hibbertia sericea (PJL 3266), MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 11.7 × 4.2 mm")
, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, B2_x300.jpg "Castiarina decemmaculata, PL3858, larval host plant, Hibbertia devitata (PJL 3144), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")