Red Narrow-necked Leaf Beetles - Lilioceris bakewelli  

FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 

This page contains pictures and information about Red Narrow-necked Leaf beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 10mm 

 

The leaf beetles in subfamily Criocerinae have the narrow thorax, so the common name Narrow-necked Leaf Beetle.

 

 

This leaf beetle is bright red in colour with a large black spots on the back.

 

 

We always found the beetle on this same host plant in Karawatha Forest, which the plant had not been identified yet. 

 

 

 

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Reference:

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

2. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987, plate 151.

3. Lilioceris (Lilioceris) bakewelli (Baly, 1859) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005. 

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