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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 
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We found this Leaf Beetle once on a She-oak (Casuarina sp.) in Wishart during mid summer.
 
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We also found it on milkweed in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.
 
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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Last updated: May 14, 2008.