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FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Dotted Paropsine
Leaf beetles that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- We found one during late winter Aug 2009 in Anstead Forest.
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- Both adult and larval stages feed on eucalypt leaves. They feed on a wide
range of eucalypts.
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- We sometimes saw this beetle on gum leaf in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.
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- Eggs, length 2mm Just hatched.
Group feeding
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- The eggs are laid on young leaf or new stem. The eggs hatched and the
larvae feed on the new Eucalypt leave in group. The larvae are pale brown in
colour with black dots on body. Their heads and tails are black in colour.
They have there pairs of thoracic legs but no abdominal legs.
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- There are four larval instars. When larvae are mature, they drop to
the ground and pupate.
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- Reference:
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- 2. Paropsis atomaria Olivier
- Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005.
- 3. Leaf beetles (Paropsines) - S. A. Lawson and J. King, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, 2006.
- 4. Paropsis atomaria - Botanic Gardens Trust.
- 5. Chrysomelid
Beetles Chrysophtharta spp. and Paropsis spp.- PIRSA
Forestry, 1994.
- 6. Larva
Paropsis atomaria Olivier (Chrysomelidae) - from CD-ROM "Beetle Larvae of the World"
- 7. Pests and diseases of hardwood plantations - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, 2005.
- 8. Paropsis atomaria Olivier, 1807 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
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