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FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Pittosporum Leaf beetles of
Genus Lamprolina that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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 - Body length 12mm
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We found
this leaf beetle on plant Bursaria sp. Sunnybank near Bulimba
Creek during late summer.
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In mid summer there were plenty of them on the host plants. We easily found
them every year.
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- They are slow moving and seldom move a bit. When we came very close. They
simply drop onto the ground.
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- In mid summer time they were usually found in pair.
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- We miss-identified this species as Lamprolina aeneipennis. Chris Reid
sent us email and advised is is not L. aeneipennis but probably L. impressicollis.
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- Host plant Bursaria sp., Pittosporacea.
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- Thank to Chris
Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Leaf Beetles subfamily
Chrysomelinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2008.
- 2. Lamprolina
aeneipennis - Botanic Gardens Trust.
- 3. Lamprolina aeneipennis
(Boisduval, 1835) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
- 4. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) - Reid,
C.A.M., Zootaxa 1292, 2006, Fig 50.
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