Actual
size¹:
size¹:
10.8 mm
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3.8 mm
×
3.8 mm
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| L1 | 10.5 | 8.2 – 12 | n = 14 | 11.3 | 10.6 – 12.2 | n = 9 |
| L2 | 10.5 | 8.75 – 11.6 | n = 6 | 10.9 | 10.75 – 11.05 | n = 2 |
| W | 3.7 | 2.8 – 4.25 | n = 14 | 4.1 | 3.8 – 4.6 | n = 9 |
| 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 |
This is a late spring to early summer species that is often found together with C. crenata. The emergence of these two Buprestids coincides with the peak flowering of Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa, a principal adult host plant for them both.
The Mt Lofty Ranges populations of C. media tend to have heavier dark markings on their elytra compared to those on Eyre Peninsula, and to those on Kangaroo Island, especially, where the posterior fascia is may be reduced to two widely separated small patches.
| 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 | live emerged adults, count > median value of 10 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 10 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 172 | 13 | SL, KI, SE | P1 | ||||
| Hysterobaeckea behrii | 29 | 3 | EP, MU, SL | M | ||||
| Leptospermum sp. | 13 | 7 | MU, SL, KI | M | ||||
| Leptospermum continentale | 10 | 4 | SL, KI | M | ||||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 6 | 2 | EP, MU | M | ||||
| Grevillea pterosperma | 6 | 2 | EP | P2 | ||||
| Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 5 | 2 | KI | M | ||||
| Calytrix tetragona | 4 | 3 | SL, KI, SE | M | ||||
| Hakea mitchellii | 4 | 2 | KI | P2 | ||||
| Melaleuca gibbosa | 3 | 2 | EP, KI | M | ||||
| Eucalyptus remota | 2 | 1 | KI | M | ||||
| Ixodia achillaeoides ssp. alata | 2 | 1 | SL | A | ||||
| Beyeria lechenaultii | 1 | 1 | KI | E | ||||
| Eucalyptus socialis | 1 | 1 | SE | M | ||||
| Eucalyptus socialis ssp. socialis | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
| Exocarpos sparteus | 1 | 1 | MU | S | ||||
| *Kunzea ambigua | 1 | 1 | SL | M | ||||
| Leptospermum coriaceum | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
| Senecio sp. Senecio sp. | 1 | 1 | SL | A |
| 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) | |
| * | indicates alien (non-native) plant occurrences, either wild or planted (the species may be alien in SA, or native in parts of its SA range) | |
| Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| P1 | Pittosporaceae | 172 | 66% | 1 |
| M | Myrtaceae | 75 | 29% | 9 |
| P2 | Proteaceae | 10 | 4% | 2 |
| A | Asteraceae | 3 | 1% | 2 |
| E | Euphorbiaceae | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| S | Santalaceae | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 104 | 18 | |
| on flowering plant | 30 | 12 | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 2 | 2 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 127 | 16 |
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| white | 12 | 4 | EP, SL, SE | |
| blue | 6 | 3 | KI, SE | |
| light pink | 1 | 1 | SE |
| 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. |