Actual
size¹:
size¹:
11.4 mm
×
3.9 mm
×
3.9 mm
| female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 11.4 | n = 1 | ||||
| L2 | 11.2 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 3.9 | n = 1 | ||||
| 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 background orange; ventral side deep orange.
The species epithet 'aurantia' is from the Latin aurantium for orange, and the deep orange underside is diagnostic for this species.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 1 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 1 | ||
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month | ||
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
| Prostanthera wilkieana | 1 | 1 | NW | L |
| 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 | |
| L | Lamiaceae | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flowering plant | 1 | 1 |
In WA this species has been collected from both Eremophila and Myrtaceae flowers, viz. Thryptomene and Scholtzia, (Barker 1990).
| 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. |