Small 9-spotted Leaf Beetle - Tinosis decemmaculata
- This page contains pictures and information about Small 9-spotted Leaf beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 6mm
- The leaf beetle is bright orange in colours with 9 small dots on body. Its dots are highly varied among individual.
- This small leaf beetle was found on a small plant in Yugarapul Park on Oct 2007. On a small plant there were a few of them there feeding freely. They were "surface-mining" on the leaves.
- We went to the Yugarapul Park many times through out the year but only saw them once.
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- Thank to Chris Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Key to the Chrysomelinae of New South Wales - FaunaNet, Australian Museum, 2003.
