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Case bearing leaf beetle

Aporocera (Aporocera) viridis

Description:

A very small metallic coloured beetle about 4mm long. Tints of green and red depending upon angle of sun. Relatively long antennae compared to leaf beetles for example. Elytra heavily pitted. I initially thought this might be a flea-beetle but the largest femurs are on the front pairs of legs. Note: take reading glasses next time.

Habitat:

On a Eucalyptus microcarpa in suburban back yard.

Notes:

Thanks Stephen Thorpe. Case-bearing beetle Associated with dead wood or old trees. Coastal and big river drainage basins. Probably capable of flight. Very likely A viridis... size, shape, antennae segments match. http://www.tfic.net.au/SpeciesPages/Apor... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
A synonymous named may be resurrected by Dr Chris Reid - Chloroplisma viridis - http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Chloroplis...

1 Species ID Suggestions

stho002
stho002 10 years ago
Case-bearing leaf beetle
Subfamily Cryptocephalinae


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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks Stephen. The short elytra was saying case-bearing?

Mark Ridgway
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Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 29, 2013
Submitted on Sep 29, 2013

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