Paropsisterna cloelia

Eucalyptus variegated beetle at Bango, NSW

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Identification history

	Paropsisterna cloelia	5 Feb 2022	AlisonMilton
	Paropsisterna cloelia 2	5 Feb 2022	jb2602

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5 comments

AlisonMilton wrote:

5 Feb 2022

Paropsisterna cloelia is much more uncommon than Paropsisterna variicollis

owenh wrote:

5 Feb 2022

It appears that variicollis is now classed as cloelia. See comment by Martin Lagerway under ronigreer's posting - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/40225928

AlisonMilton wrote:

5 Feb 2022

Owen, I'm not sure this is correct. CNM has some records of cloelia that are black and I've never seen this in varicollis despite raising larvae to adults. Also see https://sites.google.com/site/paropsisternapages/Paropsisterna-cloelia which says Paropsisterna cloelia Lacking striae grooves. Lacking black head. Lacking convexity between striae. Sometimes with black elytral cells, excluding margins. This is easily and often confused with P. variicollis. This site has many sighting by Martin. Therefore for the time being I would prefer to keep the two species separate until someone more experienced than I make a decision otherwise.

owenh wrote:

5 Feb 2022

See also: https://sites.google.com/site/paropsisternapages/updates

AlisonMilton wrote:

5 Feb 2022

Thanks Owen. This is the same source as the link I included and is my 'goto' for beetle ID. Seems to be mainly edited by Martin.

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