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 of 4 beetles)
4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Legend
live emerged adults, count > median value of 4 per quarter month
live emerged adults, count <= median value of 4
live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month
12
number of active beetles for that quarter month
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