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Aporocera sp.
About 8mm long. Yellow with some dark markings and deep brown pitted elytra. Drops to the ground at the slightest disturbance.
On eucalyptus leaves in a local sports park.
Possibly A melanocephala or A erosa ...
http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh...
suborder: POLYPHAGA
superfamily: CHRYSOMELOIDEA
family: CHRYSOMELIDAE
subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
tribe: Cryptocephalini
Distribution in Australia... http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...
Spotted on Feb 24, 2014
Submitted on Feb 24, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Martin. You're right it gets quite complex but could all be the same with variability. Tony D has several in Tas. Ken Harris is confident of his in Morwell. Kristi has some also... all with very subtle differences. Staying with sp..
Nice beetle Mark
This looks the same as Leubas.
This is possibly not a simple ID as there are 137 in this genus!
Check this link for a similar looking species. http://plantationhealth.com.au/pdf/pestn...