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Distichocera fuliginosa
This handsome brown longicorn was about 20 mm long, broader at the elytral base and narrower towards the rear end. Each elytron had a medial ridge and long white streaks nearer the inner margin.The pronotum showed a white patch on each side and a ridge in the midline.
Spotted on tea-tree in a park ( Cardinia Reservoir)
Occurence record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
I assume the species is correct. Not many photos from Australia but the link below has several specimens with similar markings and features.
https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/pla...
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Spotted on Nov 6, 2014
Submitted on Nov 19, 2014
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Nice series and information, Leuba!