A fairly uniform, somewhat milky, brown colouration; irregularly sculpted pronotum; dense grey-white hairs around the pronotum margins, and on the head and underside.
Temognatha fusca was formerly known as Temognatha parryi. It is widespread but relatively uncommon and has a long active period from October to March. Tepper 1887 reported it from Ardrossan on Yorke Peninsula, noting that it was 'rather rare, and flies already in November'.
A collection of this species in the SA Museum made from Kangaroo Island on 23 November 1955 is of bigeographical interest.
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other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
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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 > 1 (median) | ||
actual count <= 1 (median) |
beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
Eucalyptus leptophylla | 1 | 1 | YP | M | ||
Eucalyptus sp. | 1 | 1 | EP | M |
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 | 2 | 100% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on plant (unspecified) | 2 | 2 |
colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
orange | 2 | 1 | EP |
Tepper 1887 reported this species (as Stigmodera parryi) occuring chiefly on Eucalyptus oleosa (Red Mallee).
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 |