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L1 | 6.8 | 6.05 – 7.8 | n = 22 | 7.1 | 5.8 – 8.2 | n = 19 |
L2 | 6.8 | 6 – 7.75 | n = 13 | 7.3 | 5.75 – 8.15 | n = 8 |
W | 2.7 | 2.4 – 3.15 | n = 22 | 2.9 | 2.3 – 3.35 | n = 19 |
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 |
Elytra reddish-maroon with the whitish scale-hair patches aligned in a longitudinal zone on their inner halves.
The galls of E. leai are the most conspicuous of those made by SA Ethonion species, and appear as distinct well-defined elongate swellings on the base or lower parts of stems.
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 |
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9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
actual count > 6 (median) | ||
actual count <= 6 (median) | ||
live non-emerged (inactive) beetles only |
beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | |||||
Dillwynia hispida | 66 | 18 | MU, SL, SE | F | |||||
Pultenaea sp. | 4 | 3 | SL | F | |||||
Leptospermum sp. | 2 | 1 | SL | M | |||||
Dillwynia sericea | 2 | 2 | SE | F | |||||
Calytrix tetragona | 1 | 1 | SL | M | |||||
Daviesia sp. | 1 | 1 | SL | F | |||||
Leptospermum myrsinoides | 1 | 1 | SE | M | |||||
Platylobium obtusangulum | 1 | 1 | SL | F | |||||
Pultenaea largiflorens | 1 | 1 | SL | F | |||||
Pultenaea laxiflora | 1 | 1 | SL | F |
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 | |
F | Fabaceae | 76 | 95% | 6 |
M | Myrtaceae | 4 | 5% | 2 |
position | beetles | sites | ||
on flower(s) | 50 | 12 | ||
on flowering plant | 14 | 11 | ||
on plant (unspecified) | 15 | 9 | ||
other | ||||
stem gall | 1 | 1 |
colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
orange | 4 | 2 | SE | |
red | 2 | 1 | SE |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult dead | adult ex billet | larva | gall (only) | |
Dillwynia hispida | 224 | 24 | EP, MU, SL, SE | F | 26 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 141 |
Dillwynia glaberrima | 11 | 1 | SE | F | 6 | 5 |
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 | |
F | Fabaceae | 235 | 100% | 2 |
position | records | sites | adult live | adult dead | adult ex billet | larva | gall (only) | |
root crown gall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
stem gall | 232 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 141 | |
unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 |
In SA the galls are normally found on Dillwynia hispida (Downy Parrot-pea) although there are also a few records from D. glaberrima (Smooth Parrot-pea) in the SE Region. Adults are most commonly found on flowers of the larval host 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. |