Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Chalcophorotaenia castanea   (Carter, 1916)
subfamily  Chalcophorinae » tribe  Chalcophorini » subtribe  Chalcophorina
Chalcophorotaenia castanea   Adult images
Chalcophorotaenia castanea, specimen from WA, photo by Allen Sundholm
Distribution
SA Regions¹:  NW
Australian States:  WASA
South Australian occurrences
LegendP.J.Lang collection vouchered records
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings
Satellite map
Terrain map
Enlarge map
Adult activity records for Chalcophorotaenia castanea  (total of 3 beetles)
3
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
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 plant
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
31NWM
Legendbeetlescount of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon
sitescount 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.
Plant family
Code beetles % host plant taxa
M Myrtaceae 3 100% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on foliage or non-flowering plant31
¹ LegendregionsSA 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