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Calomela curtisi
An acacia leaf beetle with rich teal panels on elytra, a deep tan surrounding and head and pronotum with a dark patch at the centre. About 12mm long.
On Acacia mearnsii in an outer urban nature reserve.
The pronotum is a key to this species. At least two others have the same teal gloss on the elytra but have either no pronotal dark spot or have a green pronotum. See C parilis here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/862... and C bartoni here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/103...
family: CHRYSOMELIDAE
subfamily: Chrysomelinae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Calomela+c...
Spotted on Nov 6, 2014
Submitted on Nov 6, 2014
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