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- This page contains pictures and information about Leaf beetles of
Genus Lamprolina that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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- The Genus Lamprolina is endemic
to Australia. Their host plants mainly are in Pittosporaceae.
Individual species favoring either Pittosporum or Bursaria.
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- Pittosporum Beetle 1
  - Lamprolina perplexa, male 10mm, female 15mm
- We found quite a number of them on one small plants in early summer in Macgregor
bush. Their wing-covers are shiny dark blue in colour.
The thorax and head are dark yellow with yellow legs. Their antennae and feet
are dark blue. Check this page for more
information.
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- Pittosporum Beetle 2
- Lamprolina aeneipennis, body length 12mm
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this leaf beetle on plant Bursaria sp. once in Sunnybank near Bulimba
Creek during late summer. Please click on here
for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. Lamprolina Baly, 1855 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
- 2. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) - Reid,
C.A.M., Zootaxa 1292, 2006.
- 3. Key to the Chrysomelinae of New South Wales - FaunaNet, Australian Museum, 2003.
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