Orange Oides Leaf Beetle - Oides dorsosignata
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Orange Oides Leaf Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
- The beetle is orange in colour with thick black strip on each wing cover. there is the black patch on the thorax too. We found this beetle only once.
- The leaf beetle was found on the top of a one meter tall plant. There was in Ford Road Conservation Area on summer Jan 2009. We found only one beetle on the plant. The beetle was slow moving and did not too care on our approach.
- We found the beetle wandering on this plant. We believed this is the host plants but did not identify the plant ID yet.
- Thank to Chris Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.
- 2. Leaf Beetles - subfamily Galerucinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan.
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