Tea Tree Leaf Beetle - Paropsis pictipennis (Procrisina pictipennis)
Subfamily Chrysomelinae, FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains pictures and information a bout Tea Tree Leaf Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- We found this leaf beetle hiding on Tea Tree on Sep 2010 in Karawatha
Forest near the Lagoon.
- When disturbed, the leaf beetle ran around on the Tea Tree then flied to a grass stem a meter away.
- Also found one next to Bulimba Creek in Wishart bushland.
- Reference:
- 1. eucalyptus leaf beetles - PaDIL, Pest and Diseases Image Library, 2007.
- 2. Procrisina pictipennis - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2009.
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