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Paropsisterna lineata
A dark coffee bean colour with a few lines of rich yellow and about 14mm long. Shiny but with lines of pitting. All dark face including pronotum.
On dry soil under eucalyptus trees in a local nature reserve. It might have fallen from branches above.
Another type of Eucalyptus leaf beetle.
Distribution
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
family: CHRYSOMELIDAE
subfamily: Chrysomelinae
genus: Paropsisterna
Well there's another 5000+? that would also get the same common name and PN shows the common name when mousing over spottings so I can't learn real names. Other issues arise with multiple common names, names common to multiple creatures, and names differing in other parts of the world. Personally I think they are often useless and sometimes just confusing. I usually put any popular common names in notes but this time I forgot... fixing that now.
What about the common name of Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle. Do you have informations about that name for your beetle??
Spotted on Dec 20, 2013
Submitted on Dec 20, 2013
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