Actual
size¹:
size¹:
10.3 mm
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3.7 mm
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3.7 mm
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| L1 | 10.3 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 3.7 | n = 1 | ||||
| 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 |
Easily recognisable by the inverted 'T'-shaped dark markings on the elytra.
An outlier from eastern Australia only found in SA on Kangaroo Island. The SA forms do not show any obvious consistent differences, but tend to be more heavily marked. Barker 2006a noted that there were yellow and brown forms (elytral background colour) and that these were independent of sex.
| 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 3 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 3 | ||
| 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 | 35 | 2 | KI | P | |||
| Melaleuca lanceolata | 30 | 1 | KI | M | |||
| Eucalyptus rugosa | 5 | 2 | KI | M | |||
| Myrtaceae sp. | 3 | 1 | KI | M | |||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 2 | 1 | KI | M | |||
| Choretrum glomeratum | 2 | 1 | KI | S | |||
| Eucalyptus remota | 2 | 2 | KI | M | |||
| Acacia provincialis | 1 | 1 | KI | F | |||
| Spyridium halmaturinum | 1 | 1 | KI | 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 | 42 | 52% | 3 |
| P | Pittosporaceae | 35 | 43% | 1 |
| S | Santalaceae | 2 | 2% | 1 |
| F | Fabaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| R | Rhamnaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 8 | 4 | |
| on flowering plant | 65 | 3 | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 2 | 2 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 6 | 4 |
Recorded on a variety of Leptospermum species as well as Cassinia aculeata in eastern Australia, Williams & Williams 1983.
| 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. |