Castiarina rufipennis (Kirby, 1818)
subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Stigmoderini » subtribe Stigmoderina
Castiarina species group: rufipennis
Castiarina rufipennis Adult images
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
L1 | 13.0 | 10.4 – 15.6 | n = 11 | 14.9 | 11.4 – 17.1 | n = 5 |
L2 | 12.2 | 10.2 – 13.4 | n = 3 | 15.9 | 15.05 – 16.7 | n = 2 |
W | 4.8 | 3.7 – 6.2 | n = 11 | 5.7 | 4.1 – 6.75 | n = 5 |
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 |
Castiarina rufipennis Distinctive features
Pronotum black & shiny with sparse shallow fine punctures and a large pit towards each posterior corner. Ventral side black with blue reflections. Apical sternite with bifurcate projection in female. Tarsi large.
Notes
A Lycid beetle mimic. (Notes about this mimicry series are provided under Castiarina erythroptera.)
Distribution
FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE
Australian States: WA, 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 rufipennis (total of 146 beetles)
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Legend | | live emerged adults, count > median value of 8 per quarter month |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 8 |
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month |
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
Adult host plants
Leptospermum continentale | 61 | 7 | SL, SE | M |
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Leptospermum sp. | 18 | 6 | SL, KI | M |
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Grevillea pterosperma | 16 | 4 | EP | P1 |
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Myoporum platycarpum | 10 | 1 | MU | S1 |
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Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 6 | 4 | SL | P2 |
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Hysterobaeckea behrii | 5 | 3 | EP, MU, SE | M |
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Leptospermum coriaceum | 5 | 4 | MU, SE | M |
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Leptospermum myrsinoides | 4 | 3 | SL | M |
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Myoporum platycarpum ssp. perbellum | 4 | 1 | EP | S1 |
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Myrtaceae sp. | 4 | 2 | SL, KI | M |
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Acacia oxycedrus | 1 | 1 | SE | F |
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Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | 1 | 1 | FR | F |
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Calytrix tetragona | 1 | 1 | SL | M |
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Eucalyptus albopurpurea | 1 | 1 | EP | M |
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Eucalyptus remota | 1 | 1 | KI | M |
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Exocarpos cupressiformis | 1 | 1 | SL | S2 |
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*Kunzea ambigua | 1 | 1 | SL | M |
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Melaleuca decussata | 1 | 1 | SL | 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 |
101 |
72% |
8 |
P1 |
Proteaceae |
16 |
11% |
1 |
S1 |
Scrophulariaceae |
14 |
10% |
2 |
P2 |
Pittosporaceae |
6 |
4% |
1 |
F |
Fabaceae |
2 |
1% |
2 |
S2 |
Santalaceae |
1 |
1% |
1 |
Position on adult host
on flower(s) | | 112 | 22 |
on flowering plant | | 10 | 6 |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | | 2 | 2 |
on plant (unspecified) | | 16 | 10 |
other |
on stems | | 1 | 1 |
Lure affinity
blue | 3 | 2 | MU, SE |
orange | 2 | 1 | SE |
yellow | 2 | 1 | SE |
light pink | 1 | 1 | SE |
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. |