Metallic Green Acacia Beetle - Calomela ruficeps
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Metallic Green Acacia Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm
- This green metallic beetle was found on Acacia leaf in early summer on White Hill.
- We also found this leaf beetle on March 2008 in Mt Coot-tha.
- Found this beetle again in Ford Road Conservation Area on Feb 2011.
- Thank to Chris Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. A Reappraisal of the Australian Species of the Genus Calomela Hope (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae) - B. J. Selman, Australian Journal of Zoology 27(4) 561 - 584
- 2. Key to the Chrysomelinae of New South Wales - FaunaNet, Australian Museum, 2003.
