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Iridescent Leaf Cylinder Beetle - Aporocera iridipennis

FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 

This page contains pictures and information about Iridescent Leaf Cylinder Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 6mm 
 
 
We saw this beetle (first photo) in Karawatha Park. It flied away after we took the above photo. Its body is bright orange-red in colour, covered by the metallic dark green wing-covers. Its head, legs and antenna are all black. We saw it again (the second photo) in Karawatha Park the next year. Again, it flied away after we took the one photo. 
 
 
 
Here we would like to thank Boris Büche for sending us email and advise the ID of this beetle.
 
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Pictures taken in Yimbin Park next to Bulimba Creek on Sep 2010. 
 

Thank to Chris Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.  

Reference:
1. Yellow-orange beetle with metallic forewings - lifeunseen.com, Insects and Spiders of Sunshine Coast, Southeast Queensland, Australia,  by Nick Monaghan.
2. A survey of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Townsville district, northern Queensland, Australia - Dr Trevor J Hawkeswood, G. It. Ent., 4: 93-112, 1988, Fig.1.
3. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.

 
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