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Castiarina erythroptera
Feeding on an endemic leptospermum sp. flowers this Lycid mimic Buptrestid beetle had to compete with many other beetle species. About 22mm long.
In a local national park containing a couple of acres of this ti-tree species which was mostly flowering..
Lycid mimic Jewel beetle?. Too windy and uncooperative beetles spoiled this shot. With any luck I intend to improve it later this week.
family: BUPRESTIDAE
subfamily: Buprestinae
tribe: Stigmoderini
subtribe: Stigmoderina
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Sorry no reference as I am mobile but it's in my gallery. The common one has orange margin on the apex of elytra. There are four similar species. Obviously all mimetic. I've not seen rufipennis yet.