Pittosporum leaf beetle at Burragate, NSW
Identification history
| Lamprolina sp. | 27 Dec 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| CHRYSOMELIDAE (family) | 26 Dec 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Dec 2020 | KylieWaldon |
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This beetle had a greenish irridescent back and orange head. It was on this little shrub with thorns that I couldn't see another one of. Its all wet because it was lightly raining.
4 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
27 Dec 2020
Hi Kylie, The shrub is blackthorn, Bursaria spinosa, yet again. It is common stuff. My guess would be a pittosporum beetle, Lamprolina sp., as Bursaria and Pittosporum are in the same plant family, and we have photographed Lamprolina on Bursaria. But yeah, the photos are not good enough to say for sure, but your description certainly fits that species.
KimPullen
wrote:
27 Dec 2020
Jackie, I'm pretty sure you are right. I'll call it a Lamprolina. Thanks.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.640601-36.988409
- Places Burragate, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Dec 2020 08:22 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
Species information
- Lamprolina (genus) Scientific name
- Pittosporum leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 950m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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