Host Pultenaea daphnoides for Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Host plant Pultenaea daphnoides  (Large-leaf Bush Pea)
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Pultenaea daphnoides plant habit Flinders Chase Pultenaea daphnoides, Myponga CP, SL, 4 Sep 2011, by P.J. Lang, plant, IMG_7410 Pultenaea daphnoides flowers Flinders Chase
Adult host: Buprestidae species recorded as adults on Pultenaea daphnoides, displayed in reverse count order
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3264, male, from Pultenaea tenuifolia, SE, 19.7 km WSW Culburra, 12 Oct 2015
Melobasis propinqua verna (39)
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL0147A, PL0147B, male, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL, Athelstone, 2 Sep 2007, 9.6 x 3.4 & 10.6 x 3.3 mm
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Melobasis thoracica, PL0165, female, from Acacia myrtifolia, SL, 1.0 km SE Eagle on the Hill, Cleland CP, 16 Sep 2007
Melobasis thoracica (3)
Melobasis thoracica, PL0162, on Acacia myrtifolia, SL, 1.1 km SE Eagle-on-the-Hill, Cleland CP, 16 Sep 2007
shown on Acacia myrtifolia
Diphucrania acuducta, DAY23, KI, 6.7 km NE Parndana, Parndana CP, 5 Oct 2007
Diphucrania acuducta (2)
Diphucrania acuducta, SID6478, on Pultenaea kraehenbuehlii, NL, Niblet Gap, 3 Oct 2017, photo by Denzel Murfet
shown on Pultenaea kraehenbuehlii
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL0427A, male, SL, 1.6 km E Belair RS, 13 Sep 2008
Ethonion cf. reichei (2)
Ethonion cf. reichei, PL0427, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL, 1.6 km E Belair RS, 13 Sep 2008
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Larval host: Buprestidae species recorded breeding in Pultenaea daphnoides, displayed in reverse count order
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3264, male, from Pultenaea tenuifolia, SE, 19.7 km WSW Culburra, 12 Oct 2015
Melobasis propinqua verna (1)
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL0147A, PL0147B, male, on Pultenaea largiflorens, SL, Athelstone, 2 Sep 2007, 9.6 x 3.4 & 10.6 x 3.3 mm
shown on Pultenaea largiflorens
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3856, non-emerged adult, in Pultenaea involucrata (PJL 3142) stem base, SL, 1.2 km SE Eagle on the Hill, Cleland CP, 3 Jun 2017
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3835x, pupa, from Pultenaea densifolia (PJL 3129), same pupa 4 days later on RHS, SE, 12.5 km NE Coonalpyn, 1 Mar 2017
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3826A, prepupa, from Pultenaea tenuifolia (PJL 3122), dorsal & ventral, MU, 8.3 km WSW Coomandook, 11 Feb 2017
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3825A, larva, from Pultenaea tenuifolia (PJL 3121) root crown, MU, 7.0 km WSW Coomandook, 11 Feb 2017
Melobasis propinqua verna, PL3825A, larva, MU, 7.0 km WSW Coomandook, 11 Feb 2017