Neospades chrysopygia (Germar, 1848)
subfamily Agrilinae » tribe Coraebini » subtribe Cisseina
Neospades chrysopygia Adult images
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
L1 | 6.6 | 5.3 – 8 | n = 68 | 7.0 | 5.35 – 8.35 | n = 48 |
L2 | 6.5 | 5.3 – 7.9 | n = 61 | 7.0 | 5.25 – 8.3 | n = 47 |
W | 2.5 | 1.9 – 3.1 | n = 68 | 2.7 | 2.1 – 3.55 | n = 48 |
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 |
Distribution
NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL
Australian States: WA, NT, SA, VIC, NSW, QLD, NSW
South Australian occurrences
Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Neospades chrysopygia (total of 424 beetles)
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Legend | | live emerged adults, count > median value of 10 per quarter month |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 10 |
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month |
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
Adult host plants
*Hibiscus krichauffianus | 93 | 4 | GT | M |
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*Abutilon otocarpum | 55 | 3 | GT | M |
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Malva weinmanniana | 32 | 8 | LE, NU, EP, NL, MU, SL | M |
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Tribulus sp. | 29 | 1 | LE | Z |
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Hibiscus krichauffianus | 20 | 6 | NW, LE, GT, EA | M |
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Sida sp. | 16 | 3 | LE, GT, EP | M |
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Abutilon otocarpum | 13 | 4 | NW, LE, GT | M |
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Hibiscus solanifolius | 11 | 2 | NW | M |
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Abutilon sp. | 10 | 1 | GT | M |
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Polycalymma stuartii | 9 | 2 | GT | A1 |
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Sida ammophila | 9 | 2 | GT | M |
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Solanum sp. | 6 | 1 | NW | S |
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Alyogyne pinoniana | 5 | 2 | NW | M |
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Ptilotus polystachyus | 2 | 1 | GT | A2 |
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Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum | 2 | 2 | NW | M |
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Hibiscus sp. | 1 | 1 | NW | M |
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Malvaceae sp. | 1 | 1 | GT | M |
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Malvastrum americanum var. americanum | 1 | 1 | FR | M |
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*Sida ammophila | 1 | 1 | GT | M |
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Sida petrophila | 1 | 1 | EP | M |
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Tribulus hystrix | 1 | 1 | LE | Z |
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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 names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. |
Plant family
M |
Malvaceae |
122 |
72% |
9 |
Z |
Zygophyllaceae |
30 |
18% |
1 |
A1 |
Asteraceae |
9 |
5% |
1 |
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Solanaceae |
6 |
4% |
1 |
A2 |
Amaranthaceae |
2 |
1% |
1 |
Position on adult host
on flower(s) | | 198 | 27 |
on flowering plant | | 8 | 3 |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | | 71 | 7 |
on plant (unspecified) | | 41 | 7 |
Lure affinity
blue | | 58 | 9 | NW, GT, EP, NL |
white | | 6 | 1 | GT |
light violet | | 4 | 1 | GT |
yellow | | 4 | 2 | GT |
light pink | | 2 | 1 | GT |
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. |