Actual
size¹:
size¹:
9.3 mm
×
3.2 mm
×
3.2 mm
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| L1 | 9.0 | 6.9 – 10.3 | n = 55 | 10.0 | 7.55 – 11.45 | n = 24 |
| L2 | 8.9 | 6.7 – 10.3 | n = 47 | 9.8 | 7.5 – 11.05 | n = 21 |
| W | 3.1 | 2.3 – 3.6 | n = 55 | 3.5 | 2.6 – 4 | n = 24 |
| 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 |
There are only a few records from WA, but this species is common in SA, Tas, Vic, and NSW and just reaches into southern Qld.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
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| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| Legend | ||
9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
2 | estimate of active beetles, inferred* from adjoining date ranges | |
| actual count > 6.5 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 6.5 (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. | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||||
| Leptospermum coriaceum | 48 | 10 | EP, MU, SE | M1 | ||||
| Melaleuca pauperiflora ssp. mutica | 45 | 4 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Leptospermum sp. | 19 | 6 | SL, KI | M1 | ||||
| Eucalyptus rugosa | 17 | 2 | KI | M1 | ||||
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 12 | 6 | SL, SE | M1 | ||||
| Calytrix tetragona | 11 | 7 | EP, SL, KI, SE | M1 | ||||
| Grevillea pterosperma | 5 | 2 | EP, SE | P1 | ||||
| Hakea sp. | 4 | 1 | EP | P1 | ||||
| Leptospermum continentale | 4 | 2 | SL, KI | M1 | ||||
| Melaleuca gibbosa | 3 | 1 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Melaleuca sp. | 3 | 1 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Xanthorrhoea caespitosa | 2 | 1 | SE | X | ||||
| Olearia rudis | 2 | 1 | KI | A | ||||
| Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 1 | 1 | EP | P2 | ||||
| Calytrix sp. | 1 | 1 | KI | M1 | ||||
| Cryptandra sp. | 1 | 1 | MU | R | ||||
| Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 1 | 1 | KI | M1 | ||||
| Exocarpos sparteus | 1 | 1 | MU | S | ||||
| Malva weinmanniana | 1 | 1 | SL | M2 | ||||
| Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | EP | M1 | ||||
| *Myrtaceae sp. | 1 | 1 | SL | M1 | ||||
| Pimelea flava ssp. dichotoma | 1 | 1 | SL | T | ||||
| Spyridium phylicoides | 1 | 1 | SE | R |
| 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 names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| M1 | Myrtaceae | 166 | 90% | 9 |
| P1 | Proteaceae | 9 | 5% | 2 |
| R | Rhamnaceae | 2 | 1% | 2 |
| A | Asteraceae | 2 | 1% | 1 |
| X | Xanthorrhoeaceae | 2 | 1% | 1 |
| M2 | Malvaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| P2 | Pittosporaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| S | Santalaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| T | Thymelaeaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on flower(s) | 32 | 17 | ||
| on flowering plant | 61 | 17 | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
| on plant (unspecified) | 90 | 17 | ||
| other | ||||
| in spider web | 1 | 1 | ||
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| white | 144 | 4 | SL, SE | |
| light pink | 56 | 3 | SE | |
| yellow | 20 | 3 | KI, SE | |
| blue | 12 | 5 | EP, KI, SE | |
| bright green | 10 | 3 | SE | |
| light violet | 3 | 1 | SE | |
| orange | 1 | 1 | SE |
 stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P1_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, in Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, 15.2 km N Tailem Bend, 28 Jul 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P2_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, in Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, 15.2 km N Tailem Bend, 28 Jul 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P3_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, from Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, 15.2 km N Tailem Bend, 28 Jul 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, P4_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, 6 days after previous image, from Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, 15.2 km N Tailem Bend, 3 Aug 2019, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 dead branch, with larval exuviae attached, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P5_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, pupa, PL4561x, from Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3412) dead branch, with larval exuviae attached, SE, 13.1 km SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 stem, with larval exuviae attached, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P6_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563x, pupa, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3414) stem, with larval exuviae attached, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 stem, same pupa as previous 7 days later, SE, P7_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563x, pupa, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3414) stem, same pupa as previous 7 days later, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019")
 stem, SE, P8_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563x, pupa, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3414) stem, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019")
 stem as pupa, MU, R1_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542, male, reared adult, from Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem as pupa, MU, 15.2 km N Tailem Bend, 9 Aug 2019, 10.1 × 3.4 mm")
 dead branch as pupa, with larval exuviae, SE, R2_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4561, female, reared adult, from Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3412) dead branch as pupa, with larval exuviae, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 29 Sep 2019, 11.5 × 3.9 mm")
 stem, SE, R3_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563, reared adult, in Olearia lepidophylla, (PJL 3414) stem, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 26 Sep 2019, 10.1 × 3.6 mm")
 stem, SE, R4_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563, reared adult, in Olearia lepidophylla, (PJL 3414) stem, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 26 Sep 2019, 10.1 × 3.6 mm")
 stem, aedeagus exserted, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U3_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4562, male, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3413) stem, aedeagus exserted, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.2 × 3.6 mm")
 stem base, chewed through stem ends arrowed, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U4_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3415) stem base, chewed through stem ends arrowed, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
 chewed through lower stem (upper left arrow), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U5_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3415) chewed through lower stem (upper left arrow), SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
 chewed through lower stem, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U6_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lanuginosa (PJL 3415) chewed through lower stem, SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, U7_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4566B, female, non-emerged adult, from Olearia picridifolia (PJL 3418) stem, MU, 15.2 km N Tailem Bend, 8 Sep 2019, 9.9 × 3.4 mm")
, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, B2_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, larval host plant, Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3415), SE, 13.1 SW Yumali, 7 Sep 2019, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult ex pupa | pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
| Olearia lanuginosa | 10 | 2 | SE | A | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Olearia ramulosa | 5 | 1 | SE | A | 2 | 3 | |||
| Olearia picridifolia | 3 | 1 | MU | A | 2 | 1 | |||
| Olearia decurrens | 2 | 1 | MU | A | 1 | 1 | |||
| Olearia rudis | 1 | 1 | MU | A | 1 |
| 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. | ||
| Code | records | % | host plant taxa | |
| A | Asteraceae | 21 | 100% | 5 |
| position | records | sites | adult live | adult ex pupa | pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
| stem base | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| stem | 19 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| dead stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A.M.P. Stolarski discovered the first breeding records of this species in SA. Based on extracted or reared adults it has now been established as breeding in five different species of Daisy-bushes (Olearia). It might also be expected to use related genera such as Ozothamnus. Not surprisingly the closely related species Castiarina colorata also uses Olearia as a larval host.
| 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. |