Orange-black Leaf Cylinder Beetle - Aporocera speciosa 

FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 

This page contains pictures and information about Orange-black Leaf Cylinder Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

 

Body length 8mm 

 

 

We found this Leaf Beetle once on a She-oak (Casuarina sp.) in Wishart during mid summer.

 

 

 

We also found it on milkweed in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.

 

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

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Reference:

1. Leaf Beetles subfamily Cryptocephalinae  - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2008.

2. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.

3. Aporocera (Aporocera) speciosa (Boisduval, 1835) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.

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