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Fireblight beetle

Peltoschema cf orphana

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A multicolored leaf beetle found on a new Acacia.

Habitat:

Found on flowering cinnamon wattle, Acacia leprosa.

Notes:

Possibly different hostplants support different beetle species within a species complex for this variable beetle.

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