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Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle

Paropsis marmorea

Description:

Body length 8mm.

Habitat:

Found on a young Eucalyptus sapling

7 Comments

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 9 years ago

Thanks Mark & SargonR

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 9 years ago

Thanks Martin, your suggestion looks good & I'll go with that. ID changed. Thanks again.

SargonR
SargonR 9 years ago

Fascinating little guy.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Yet another... fabulous!

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

What a great spotting!!!
This guy differs a bit from the (one) P. maculata that I have seen.
I offer an image of Paropsis marmorea that I would like you to consider.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/det...
I offer these notes based only on my opinion.
1/ tiny dots are variable and not diagnostic.
2/ The first of the two largest dots in each elytra is paired in P. maculata.
3/ The second of the two largest dots on the elytra are larger and closer together in P. maculata.
4/ This looks generally like Paropsis marmorea but a bit more strongly embossed in yellow.
5/ Images on ALA website are wrong, and of Paropsisterna variicollis and misleading but the distribution is probably correct for P. marmorea.
What do you think?

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 9 years ago

Thanks Rob

RobThacker
RobThacker 9 years ago

Lovely beetle, thank you

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Apr 25, 2014
Submitted on Apr 25, 2014

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