Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Castiarina purcellae   Barker, 2005
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Stigmoderini » subtribe  Stigmoderina
Castiarina  species group: purcellae
Castiarina purcellae   Adult images
Castiarina purcellae, SAMA 25-018889, male, holotype, adapted from original, CC BY NC SA 4.0, NL, photo by Georgia Heath for SA Museum Castiarina purcellae, SAMA 25-018889, male, holotype, adapted from original, CC BY NC SA 4.0, NL, photo by Georgia Heath for SA Museum Castiarina purcellae, SAMA 25-018889, male, aedeagus of holotype, adapted from original, CC BY NC SA 4.0, NL, photo by Georgia Heath for SA Museum
Distribution
SA Regions¹:  NL
Australian States:  SA
Southern South Australian occurrences
LegendP.J.Lang collection vouchered records
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings
Satellite map
Terrain map
Enlarge map
Adult activity records for Castiarina purcellae  (total actual records: 4 beetles)
4
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)
Adult host plant
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa41NLP
Legendbeetlescount of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon
sitescount 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.
Plant family
Code beetles % host plant taxa
P Pittosporaceae 4 100% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on flowering plant41
¹ LegendregionsSA 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