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Red leaf beetle

Paropsisterna Ch8 (deLittle)

Description:

A bright green leaf beetle with red face. The disc the elytra are lined with striae of puncturation which is colored in yellow on a red bachground.

Habitat:

Near the water on sapling of swamp gum or some type of box gum.

Notes:

Here is an allied specimen, probably the same undetermined species. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/705... https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...

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1 Comment

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Here is the other form, assumed to be the same beetle.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...

MartinL
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MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 6, 2014
Submitted on Oct 6, 2014

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