 stem base, (extracted live), shown on larval host plant, EP, A12_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, female, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, (extracted live), shown on larval host plant, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 stem base, (extracted live), EP, A13_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, female, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, (extracted live), EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
Actual
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size¹:
10.5 mm
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3.6 mm
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3.6 mm
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| L1 | 10.3 | 8 – 12.15 | n = 15 | 10.9 | 8.9 – 12.1 | n = 7 |
| L2 | 10.4 | 9.05 – 11.85 | n = 13 | 10.8 | 8.75 – 12 | n = 6 |
| W | 3.5 | 2.6 – 4.1 | n = 15 | 3.8 | 3 – 4.4 | n = 7 |
| 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 |
Pronotum and elytra with strong (green-)blue or violet reflections.
Superficially similar to C. decemmaculata and differing most obviously in colour, although there are subtle differences in body shape; the pair of basal lacunae on the elytra tend to be larger and more elongate than in C. decemmaculata.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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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 | |
| actual count > 4 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 4 (median) | ||
| live non-emerged (inactive) beetles only | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||||
| Leptospermum coriaceum | 17 | 10 | EP, MU, SE | M | ||||
| Calytrix tetragona | 12 | 3 | EP, KI | M | ||||
| Leptospermum sp. | 8 | 4 | MU, SL | M | ||||
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 4 | 2 | SL | M | ||||
| Melaleuca pauperiflora ssp. mutica | 4 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
| Hysterobaeckea behrii | 2 | 2 | MU | M | ||||
| Exocarpos sparteus | 1 | 1 | MU | S | ||||
| Homoranthus wilhelmii | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
| Spyridium subochreatum | 1 | 1 | MU | 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 | |
| M | Myrtaceae | 48 | 96% | 6 |
| R | Rhamnaceae | 1 | 2% | 1 |
| S | Santalaceae | 1 | 2% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 12 | 8 | |
| on flowering plant | 19 | 8 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 19 | 10 |
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| blue | 8 | 4 | EP, MU, KI, SE | |
| white | 7 | 2 | EP, SE | |
| light pink | 2 | 2 | SE | |
| light violet | 1 | 1 | SE |
 stem base, EP, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U1_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 stem base, EP, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U2_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 stem base, EP, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U3_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 stem base, shown on larval host plant, EP, U4_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, female, non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, shown on larval host plant, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 stem base, shown on larval host plant, EP, U5_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, female, non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, shown on larval host plant, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 stem base, EP, U6_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5839, female, non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3647) stem base, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, 11.8 × 4.0 mm")
 root, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D1_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL4189, dead non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3313) root, SE, 9.0 km SSE Malinong, 16 Jun 2018, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 root, SE, D3_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL4189, dead non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3313) root, SE, 9.0 km SSE Malinong, 16 Jun 2018")
 root crown, EP, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D4_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5841, dead non-emerged adult, in Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3649) root crown, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 root crown, EP, D5_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5841, dead non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3649) root crown, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023")
 root crown, lateral & ventral views, EP, D6_x300.jpg "Castiarina malleeana, PL5841, dead non-emerged adult, from Hibbertia virgata (PJL 3649) root crown, lateral & ventral views, EP, 18.9 NW Sheringa, 23 Jul 2023")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult dead | |
| Hibbertia virgata | 4 | 2 | EP, SE | D | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | |
| D | Dilleniaceae | 4 | 100% | 1 |
| position | records | sites | adult live | adult dead | |
| root crown | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| stem base | 1 | 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. |