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Brown leaf flea beetle

Tribe Alticini

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 8mm long. I have only seen black-blue ones around here so this one is a surprise.

Habitat:

On eucalyptus leaf at a local parkland surrounded with planted native species.

Notes:

Chrysomelidae, Galaerucinae, Alticini..

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
injica
;) feels always good to learn new things, I was just guessing so this was a good intuition ;D
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for the links Martin. @ injica you might be right about the eating patterns !! Martin's links show similar at the bottom of the page. Learn something new :)
MartinL
It does look similar to this one from further north although the size is wrong. It appears to be exotic and a crop pest of cotton. Chaetocnema spp http://www.cottoncrc.org.au/industry/Publications/Pests_and_Beneficials/Cotton_Insect_Pest_and_Beneficial_Guide/Pests_by_common_name/Flea_beetles
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Martin. The light is a bit hard. I haven't been able to find local brown flea beetle species so I'm glad I got it. Suspecting the one that feasts on Patterson's curse. I'll get to checking for it soon.
MartinL
That must be a small leaf. Nice shot Mark.
Mark Ridgway
I think the tracks are from some much smaller leaf miner - maybe lepidopteran - here's another local one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9864152
injica
Are this marks left by it while eating? It created a cool map :)

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia
Mission
Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
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PublishedMay 26, 2013

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