, SL, photo by D.J. Duval - SA Seed Conservation Centre, H1_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, adult host plant, Dillwynia hispida, (E. leai beetle on uppermost flower), SL, Mt Bold, 4 Nov 2011, photo by D.J. Duval - SA Seed Conservation Centre")
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| L1 | 6.8 | 6.05 – 7.8 | n = 22 | 7.1 | 5.8 – 8.2 | n = 19 |
| L2 | 6.8 | 6 – 7.75 | n = 13 | 7.3 | 5.75 – 8.15 | n = 8 |
| W | 2.7 | 2.4 – 3.15 | n = 22 | 2.9 | 2.3 – 3.35 | n = 19 |
| 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 |
Elytra reddish-maroon with the whitish scale-hair patches aligned in a longitudinal zone on their inner halves.
The galls of E. leai are the most conspicuous of those made by SA Ethonion species, and appear as distinct well-defined elongate swellings on the base or lower parts of stems.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
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9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
| actual count > 6 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 6 (median) | ||
| live non-emerged (inactive) beetles only | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||||
| Dillwynia hispida | 68 | 18 | MU, SL, SE | F | ||||
| Pultenaea sp. | 4 | 3 | SL | F | ||||
| Leptospermum sp. | 2 | 1 | SL | M | ||||
| Dillwynia sericea | 2 | 2 | SE | F | ||||
| Calytrix tetragona | 1 | 1 | SL | M | ||||
| Daviesia sp. | 1 | 1 | SL | F | ||||
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 1 | 1 | SE | M | ||||
| Platylobium obtusangulum | 1 | 1 | SL | F | ||||
| Pultenaea largiflorens | 1 | 1 | SL | F | ||||
| Pultenaea laxiflora | 1 | 1 | SL | F |
| 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 | |
| F | Fabaceae | 78 | 95% | 6 |
| M | Myrtaceae | 4 | 5% | 2 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 53 | 12 | |
| on flowering plant | 14 | 11 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 15 | 9 |
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| orange | 4 | 2 | SE | |
| red | 2 | 1 | SE |
, dorsal & ventral view, SE, (5.7 mm long), L1_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3672, larva, from Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3095), dorsal & ventral view, (5.7 mm long), SE, 9.8 km S Willalooka, Desert Camp CR, 16 Nov 2016, 5.7 × 1.5 mm")
 stem gall, before dissection, SE, L2_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3904, larva, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3176) stem gall, before dissection, SE, 1.0 km S Malinong, 14 Jul 2017, 6.9 × 1.9 mm")
, same gall dissected, SE, L3_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3904, larva, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3176), same gall dissected, SE, 1.0 km S Malinong, 14 Jul 2017, 6.9 × 1.9 mm")
, same gall dissected, SE, L4_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3904, larva, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3176), same gall dissected, SE, 1.0 km S Malinong, 14 Jul 2017, 6.9 × 1.9 mm")
, dorsal & ventral view, SE, (5.7 mm long), L5_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3672, larva, from Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3095), dorsal & ventral view, (5.7 mm long), SE, 9.8 km S Willalooka, Desert Camp CR, 16 Nov 2016, 5.7 × 1.5 mm")
, ventral view, SE, L6_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3672, larva, from Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3095), ventral view, SE, 9.8 km S Willalooka, Desert Camp CR, 16 Nov 2016, 5.7 × 1.5 mm")
 stem gall, before dissection, SL, U1_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0675, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2651) stem gall, before dissection, SL, 1.3 km N Aldgate, 13 Jul 2009, 6.2 × 2.5 mm")
 stem gall, same gall dissected, SL, U2_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0675, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2651) stem gall, same gall dissected, SL, 1.3 km N Aldgate, 13 Jul 2009, 6.2 × 2.5 mm")
 stem gall, SE, U3_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3938B, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3199) stem gall, SE, 7.4 km WSW Coomandook, 6 Sep 2017, 7.1 × 2.8 mm")
 stem gall, SE, U4_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3938B, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3199) stem gall, SE, 7.4 km WSW Coomandook, 6 Sep 2017, 7.1 × 2.8 mm")
 stem gall, SL, U5_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0425, male, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2622) stem gall, SL, 0.8 km ENE Long Gully RS, Belair NP, 10 Sep 2008, 6.6 × 2.6 mm")
 stem gall, SL, U6_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0425, male, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2622) stem gall, SL, 0.8 km ENE Long Gully RS, Belair NP, 10 Sep 2008, 6.6 × 2.6 mm")
 stem gall, SE, U7_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3938A, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3199) stem gall, SE, 7.4 km WSW Coomandook, 6 Sep 2017, 7.3 × 2.8 mm")
 stem gall, SE, U8_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL3938A, male, non-emerged adult, in Dillwynia hispida (PJL 3199) stem gall, SE, 7.4 km WSW Coomandook, 6 Sep 2017, 7.3 × 2.8 mm")
, an unusually heavy infestation, SL, B1_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0561, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2633), an unusually heavy infestation, SL, 0.85 km SE Kaiserstuhl summit, 23 Dec 2008")
, hatched & unhatched stem galls, SL, B2_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0561, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2633), hatched & unhatched stem galls, SL, 0.85 km SE Kaiserstuhl summit, 23 Dec 2008")
, unhatched stem gall, SL, B3_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL0675, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2651), unhatched stem gall, SL, 1.3 km N Aldgate, 13 Jul 2009, 6.2 × 2.5 mm")
, SL, unhatched stem galls, H3.5_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, PL1920, larval host plant, plant Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2757), unhatched stem galls, SL, 7.1 km SSW Myponga, Myponga CP, 11 Sep 2011")
, hatched stem gall, SL, B4_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, SID600, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2578), hatched stem gall, SL, 0.4 km WNW Long Gully RS, Belair NP, 20 Oct 2007")
, hatched stem gall, SL, B5_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, SID600, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2578), hatched stem gall, SL, 0.4 km WNW Long Gully RS, Belair NP, 20 Oct 2007")
, old hatched stem galls, SL, B6_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, SID600, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2578), old hatched stem galls, SL, 0.4 km WNW Long Gully RS, Belair NP, 20 Oct 2007")
, old hatched stem galls, SL, B7_x300.jpg "Ethonion leai, SID600, larval host plant, Dillwynia hispida (PJL 2578), old hatched stem galls, SL, 0.4 km WNW Long Gully RS, Belair NP, 20 Oct 2007")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult dead | adult ex billet | larva | gall (only) | |
| Dillwynia hispida | 229 | 24 | EP, MU, SL, SE | F | 27 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 145 |
| Dillwynia glaberrima | 11 | 1 | SE | F | 6 | 5 |
| 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 | |
| F | Fabaceae | 240 | 100% | 2 |
| position | records | sites | adult live | adult dead | adult ex billet | larva | gall (only) | |
| root crown gall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| stem gall | 237 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 145 | |
| unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 |
In SA the galls are normally found on Dillwynia hispida (Downy Parrot-pea) although there are also a few records from D. glaberrima (Smooth Parrot-pea) in the SE Region. Adults are most commonly found on flowers of the larval host species.
| 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. |