Orange Tortoise Beetle - Aspidimorpha westwoodi
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Orange Tortoise Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm
- The beetles are broadly ovate shaped with wing-covers and prothorax broadly extended. The prothorax cover the head from above. They have the orange colour body. On wing covers there are the black dots patterns.
- This Leaf-beetle is not very common. We found them only a few times. The first time we saw it in Yugarapul Park near Bulimba Creek on 2003 but did not take any photos. On Nov 2007 we found them near Bulimba Creek in Wishart and took the above photos.
- On Feb 2012 we saw another Orange Tortoise Beetle in Brisbane Koala Bushlands next to the Tingalpa Creek. The beetle was actively flying around. It rested for a few seconds after every flying a few meters.
- Thank to Chris Reid
for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.
- 2. Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) westwoodi (Boheman, 1854) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
- 3. A survey of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Townsville district, northern Queensland, Australia - Dr Trevor J Hawkeswood, G. It. Ent., 4: 93-112, 1988, Fig.5 (Aspidimorpha interrupta).
