Actual
size¹:
size¹:
9.3 mm
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3.2 mm
×
3.2 mm
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| L1 | 9.0 | 6.9 – 10.3 | n = 55 | 10.0 | 7.55 – 11.45 | n = 24 |
| L2 | 8.9 | 6.7 – 10.3 | n = 47 | 9.8 | 7.5 – 11.05 | n = 21 |
| W | 3.1 | 2.3 – 3.6 | n = 55 | 3.5 | 2.6 – 4 | n = 24 |
| 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 |
There are only a few records from WA, but this species is common in SA, Tas, Vic, and NSW and just reaches into southern Qld.
| 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 |
| Legend | ||
9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
2 | estimate of active beetles, inferred* from adjoining date ranges | |
| actual count > 7 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 7 (median) | ||
| live non-emerged (inactive) beetles only | ||
| *Inferred when a site has counts of active beetles for each of two consecutive
periods (date ranges), one finishing and the other starting in the same
quarter-month. The count estimate is assigned to that quarter-month and calculated as the lower of the two total beetle counts, divided by the number of quarter-months in its date range. | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||||
| Leptospermum coriaceum | 48 | 10 | EP, MU, SE | M1 | ||||
| Melaleuca pauperiflora ssp. mutica | 45 | 4 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Leptospermum sp. | 19 | 6 | SL, KI | M1 | ||||
| Eucalyptus rugosa | 17 | 2 | KI | M1 | ||||
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 12 | 6 | SL, SE | M1 | ||||
| Calytrix tetragona | 11 | 7 | EP, SL, KI, SE | M1 | ||||
| Grevillea pterosperma | 5 | 2 | EP, SE | P1 | ||||
| Hakea sp. | 4 | 1 | EP | P1 | ||||
| Leptospermum continentale | 4 | 2 | SL, KI | M1 | ||||
| Melaleuca gibbosa | 3 | 1 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Melaleuca sp. | 3 | 1 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Olearia rudis | 2 | 1 | KI | A | ||||
| Xanthorrhoea caespitosa | 2 | 1 | SE | X | ||||
| Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 1 | 1 | EP | P2 | ||||
| Calytrix sp. | 1 | 1 | KI | M1 | ||||
| Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 1 | 1 | KI | M1 | ||||
| Exocarpos sparteus | 1 | 1 | MU | S | ||||
| Malva weinmanniana | 1 | 1 | SL | M2 | ||||
| Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | EP | M1 | ||||
| Pimelea flava ssp. dichotoma | 1 | 1 | SL | T | ||||
| Spyridium phylicoides | 1 | 1 | SE | R |
| 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 | |
| M1 | Myrtaceae | 165 | 90% | 9 |
| P1 | Proteaceae | 9 | 5% | 2 |
| A | Asteraceae | 2 | 1% | 1 |
| X | Xanthorrhoeaceae | 2 | 1% | 1 |
| M2 | Malvaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| P2 | Pittosporaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| R | Rhamnaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| S | Santalaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| T | Thymelaeaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on flower(s) | 31 | 17 | ||
| on flowering plant | 60 | 16 | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
| on plant (unspecified) | 90 | 17 | ||
| other | ||||
| in spider web | 1 | 1 | ||
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| white | 144 | 4 | SL, SE | |
| light pink | 56 | 3 | SE | |
| yellow | 20 | 3 | KI, SE | |
| blue | 12 | 5 | EP, KI, SE | |
| bright green | 10 | 3 | SE | |
| light violet | 3 | 1 | SE | |
| orange | 1 | 1 | SE |
 stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P1_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, in Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P2_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, in Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P3_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, from Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, P4_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542x, pupa, from Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem, MU, 10.0 × 3.5 mm")
 dead branch, with larval exuviae attached, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P5_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, pupa, from Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3412) dead branch, with larval exuviae attached, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 stem, with larval exuviae attached, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, P6_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563x, pupa, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3414) stem, with larval exuviae attached, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 stem, same pupa as previous 7 days later, SE, P7_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563x, pupa, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3414) stem, same pupa as previous 7 days later, SE")
 stem, SE, P8_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563x, pupa, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3414) stem, SE")
 stem as pupa, MU, R1_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4542, male, reared adult, from Olearia decurrens (PJL 3399) stem as pupa, MU, 10.1 × 3.4 mm")
 dead branch as pupa, with larval exuviae, SE, R2_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4561, female, reared adult, from Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3412) dead branch as pupa, with larval exuviae, SE, 11.5 × 3.9 mm")
 stem, SE, R3_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563, reared adult, in Olearia lepidophylla, (PJL 3414) stem, SE, 10.1 × 3.6 mm")
 stem, SE, R4_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4563, reared adult, in Olearia lepidophylla, (PJL 3414) stem, SE, 10.1 × 3.6 mm")
 stem, aedeagus exserted, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U3_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4562, male, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3413) stem, aedeagus exserted, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 10.2 × 3.6 mm")
 stem base, chewed through stem ends arrowed, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U4_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3415) stem base, chewed through stem ends arrowed, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
 chewed through lower stem (upper left arrow), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U5_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3415) chewed through lower stem (upper left arrow), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
 chewed through lower stem, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U6_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, non-emerged adult, in Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3415) chewed through lower stem, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
 stem, MU, U7_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4566B, female, non-emerged adult, from Olearia picridifolia (PJL 3418) stem, MU, 9.9 × 3.4 mm")
, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, B2_x300.jpg "Castiarina flavopicta, PL4564, larval host plant, Olearia lepidophylla (PJL 3415), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 9.7 × 3.5 mm")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult ex pupa | pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
| Olearia lepidophylla | 9 | 1 | SE | A | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Olearia ramulosa | 5 | 1 | SE | A | 2 | 3 | |||
| Olearia picridifolia | 3 | 1 | MU | A | 2 | 1 | |||
| Olearia decurrens | 2 | 1 | MU | A | 1 | 1 | |||
| Olearia rudis | 1 | 1 | MU | A | 1 |
| 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 | |
| A | Asteraceae | 20 | 100% | 5 |
| position | records | sites | adult live | adult ex pupa | pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
| stem base | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| stem | 18 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| dead stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A.M.P. Stolarski discovered the first breeding records of this species in SA. Based on extracted or reared adults it has now been established as breeding in five different species of Daisy-bushes (Olearia). It might also be expected to use related genera such as Ozothamnus. Not surprisingly the closely related species Castiarina colorata also uses Olearia as a larval host.
| 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. |