5 Leaf beetle at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis | 18 Jan 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Jan 2021 | kasiaaus |
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7 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
15 Jan 2021
Wow. Thanks for the ID. I can't find any other images online for this species.
Bron
wrote:
15 Jan 2021
I think this might be Aporocera rufescens Kat, see https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6dfbc49d-d6b1-4ff8-8a48-86ba387730dd#gallery. If not, they're very alike :) Cheers Bron
kasiaaus
wrote:
15 Jan 2021
Yes Bron. I agree that our beetle looks very much like Aporocera rufescens.
KimPullen
wrote:
16 Jan 2021
Bron, it certainly does match the images of A. rufescens on ALA, and could well be that species. I've noticed that in the ANIC the species stratioticus stands (as stratiotica) under Aporocera. I will delve into it further.
KimPullen
wrote:
18 Jan 2021
Kat, Comparing your (excellent) images to specimens in ANIC, I found that both A. rufescens and A. stratiotica have very dense punctures on the pronotum, so that it has a granular appearance. This one actually matches A. sculptilis, which has those punctures fine and sparse so that the pronotum appears shiny. All three occur in our region.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053098-35.209000
- Altitude 578.4m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2021 01:29 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Featured Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis Scientific name
- Leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 744.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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