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FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Pittosporum Leaf beetles of
Genus Lamprolina that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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 - Male 10mm, female 15mm
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- 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 brownish yellow with yellow legs. Their antennae and feet
are dark blue. When disturbed, they slide down across the leaf surface and
drop onto the ground. Sometimes before landing on the ground, they fly
and disappear in the mid air.
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- The larvae are elongate and spiny.
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- We miss-identified this species as Lamprolina perplexa. Chris Reid
sent us email and advised is is not L. perplexa but probably L. simillima.
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- Thank to Chris
Reid for the identification of this leaf beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Leaf
Beetles subfamily Chrysomelinae - lifeunseen.com
by Nick Monaghan.
- 2. Lamprolina
perplexa Baly, 1856 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
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