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Tortoise leaf beetle

Paropsisterna sp.

Description:

A 12mm glossy black leaf beetle with rich red pinstripes; some indentations in elytra.

Habitat:

Suburban park next to eucalyptus national park. Open dry sclerophyll eucalyptus forest. This one on trunk of Corymbia citriodora - Lemon scented gum.

Notes:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/799... http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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Mark Ridgway
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Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 30, 2012
Submitted on Jan 30, 2012

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