Yellow Skirt Leaf Beetle - ? Paropsisterna cloelia (Chrysophtharta cloelia)
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Yellow Skirt Leaf beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
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- This beetle run quickly on stems. It drops and flies away if we come too closely. The beetle is dark with yellow edges. Its thorax and head are yellow. A few of the beetles were found on the same young gum tree.
- The beetles were found in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.
- This beetle run quickly on stems. It drops and flies away if we come too closely. The beetle is dark with yellow edges. Its thorax and head are yellow. A few of the beetles were found on the same young gum tree.
The Host Plant
- Reference:
- 1. Chrysophtharta cloelia - PaDIL, Pest and Diseases Image Library, 2007.
- 2. Pests and diseases of hardwood plantations - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, 2005.
- 3. Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål, 1860) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
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