Tea-tree button beetle at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Paropsis pictipennis | 28 Jan 2022 | AlisonMilton |
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First sighting in suburban Canberra? Twelve adult beetles in Leptosperum planted at Hawker College a few years ago. Included three larvae.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.033547-35.245142
- Altitude 650.2m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2022 11:55 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Leptospernum Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Paropsis pictipennis Scientific name
- Tea-tree button beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 979.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Procris pictipennis
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