Actual
size¹:
size¹:
15.7 mm
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5.0 mm
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5.0 mm
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| L1 | 15.8 | 14.2 – 17 | n = 8 | 15.6 | 13.6 – 18.25 | n = 7 |
| L2 | 15.3 | 13.7 – 16.35 | n = 8 | 15.1 | 13.15 – 17.5 | n = 6 |
| W | 4.9 | 4.4 – 5.35 | n = 8 | 5.0 | 4.35 – 5.9 | n = 7 |
| 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 |
Easily recognisable by the distinctive (although variable) pattern of metallic green to copper-coloured vitae on the elytra.
| 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 > 3 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 3 (median) | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||||||
| Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | 43 | 16 | FR, EP, NL | F | ||||||
| Acacia calamifolia | 10 | 4 | FR, MU | F | ||||||
| Acacia sp. | 3 | 1 | EP | F | ||||||
| Hakea sp. | 2 | 1 | FR | P | ||||||
| Acacia ligulata | 1 | 1 | EP | F | ||||||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. x coriacea | 1 | 1 | NL | 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 | 57 | 97% | 3 |
| P | Proteaceae | 2 | 3% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on flower(s) | 4 | 2 | ||
| on flowering plant | 3 | 2 | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 23 | 11 | ||
| on plant (unspecified) | 1 | 1 | ||
| other | ||||
| in spider web | 15 | 3 | ||
| on branch | 11 | 2 | ||
| on dead branch | 1 | 1 | ||
| on stems | 2 | 2 | ||
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | larva | |
| Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | 2 | 1 | NL | F | 2 |
| 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 | 2 | 100% | 1 |
| position | records | sites | larva | |
| dead stem | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Adults are strongly associated with Elegant Wattle Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae and I postulated that this was probably a larval host plant also. This was confirmed as correct in November 2025 when two larvae were matched with adults on their CO1 DNA barcode sequences.
| 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. |