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Paropsis roseola
A medium leaf beetle with blushed pink pronotum and line along skirt. The pitting is rather irregular but looks somewhat like a small version of the widespread and common Paropsis atomaria.
On Eucalyptus
This specimen was found by Geof Walker Thank you
Spotted on Apr 18, 2014
Submitted on Apr 20, 2014
3 Comments
Ha! we have the ID ..... Paropsis roseola
roseola is a red rash, as in the measles
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Thank you Gunter Maywald
Thank you Mark.
Sunburnt pronotum? Another good one.