Brown Swarming Leaf Beetle - Rhyparida sp.
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Brown Swarming Leaf Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm
- The beetle was found near Bulimba Creek in Sunnybank during early summer Nov 2007. They merge and swarm after the first heavy rains of the summer season.
- We miss-identified this leaf beetle as Rhyparida clypeata. Chris Reid sent us email advised this is a Rhyparida but definitely not clypeata which is only found in the tropics.
- Thank to Chris Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Leaf Beetles subfamily Eumolpinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2008.
- 2. Rhyparida clypeata - PaDIL, Pest and Diseases Image Library, 2007.
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