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Acacia leaf beetle

Peltoschema hamadryas

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

This small acacia leaf beetle is occasionally common on compound leaved Acacia. It is variable in pattern and this one shows a bright green skirt.

Habitat:

Acacia leaf feeder.

Notes:

I have included some other variants
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69610519@N08/8215606792/
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21046122

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Peltoschema#overview

Reference Links:

http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Peltoschema%20…

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia

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