Actual
size¹:
size¹:
11.3 mm
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4.1 mm
×
4.1 mm
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| L1 | 11.3 | 11.1 – 11.6 | n = 3 | |||
| L2 | 11.2 | 11 – 11.5 | n = 3 | |||
| W | 4.0 | 3.9 – 4.25 | 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 |
Elytral background yellow with dark markings appearing as four bands (fasciae) with the anterior one substantially disrupted. Similar to C. uptoni, but the terminal elytral spines are not greatly enlarged.
Barker 2006a placed C. quadrifasciata in a separate species group together with C. uptoni. Both are closely associated with plants previously treated in SA as belonging to family Chloanthaceae, but now subsumed as a tribe within Lamiaceae, subfamily Prostantheroideae. Previously Barker 1993 commented on their markedly different genitalia which led him at that time to conclude that they were Mullerian mimics from two different species groups.
| 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 | live emerged adults, count > median value of 2 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 2 | ||
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month | ||
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
| Dicrastylis beveridgei | 1 | 1 | NW | L | ||
| Dicrastylis sp. | 1 | 1 | NW | L | ||
| Newcastelia spodiotricha | 1 | 1 | NW | L |
| 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) | |
| Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| L | Lamiaceae | 3 | 100% | 2 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 3 | 3 |
Barker 1993 documented sympatric occurrences of C. quadrifasciata and C. uptoni in WA where both species were found breeding in Dicrastylis georgei, and later using it as an adult 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. |