Green Longicorn Beetle - Platyomopsis nigrovirens (Rhytiphora nigrovirens)

FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Green Longicorn Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 20mm



Most longicorn beetles are dull brown, this one is bright green in colour. However, this beetle is very well camouflaged on its host plants.



We found this beetle once in Daisy Hill near Buhot Creek on Apr 2008. It was found on Wild Passionfruit Vine Passiflora sp..



Reference:
1. Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, 2003, p342.
2. Platyomopsis nigrovirens - Australian Insect Common Names, Version 1.53, CSIRO.
3. Specimen Image Index - Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB, Western Australian Department of Agriculture.
4. Insects of Australia - G Hangay and P German. New Holland. Publishers, 2000, p77.