, FR, A4_x468.jpg "Bubastes inconsistans, PL4915, female, on Acacia calamifolia (PJL 3526), FR, 19.6 × 6.4 mm")
, FR, A7_x300.jpg "Bubastes inconsistans, PL4915, female, on Acacia calamifolia (PJL 3526), FR, 19.6 × 6.4 mm")
, FR, A7.8_x300.jpg "Bubastes inconsistans, PL4915, female, on Acacia calamifolia (PJL 3526), FR, 19.6 × 6.4 mm")
, FR, A7.9_x300.jpg "Bubastes inconsistans, PL4915, female, on Acacia calamifolia (PJL 3526), FR, 19.6 × 6.4 mm")
, FR, H1_x300.jpg "Bubastes inconsistans, PL4915, adult host plant, Acacia calamifolia (PJL 3526), FR, 19.6 × 6.4 mm")
Actual
size¹:
size¹:
19.6 mm
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6.4 mm
×
6.4 mm
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| L1 | 19.6 | 19.55 – 19.7 | n = 2 | |||
| L2 | 19.4 | 19.3 – 19.4 | n = 2 | |||
| W | 6.3 | 6.35 – 6.35 | n = 2 | |||
| 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 |
Males usually bronze to red-bronze above, sometimes with a greenish strip along the elytral suture. Females extremely variable in colouration. Exceptional for the females being more colourful than males.
| 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 > 2 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 2 (median) | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||||
| Acacia calamifolia | 5 | 3 | FR | F | ||||
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp. camaldulensis | 1 | 1 | NL | M |
| 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 | 5 | 83% | 1 |
| M | Myrtaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 3 | 2 | ||
| on plant (unspecified) | 1 | 1 | ||
| other | ||||
| on stem below the leaf canopy | 1 | 1 | ||
| 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. |