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Acacia Leaf Beetle

Dicranosterna immaculata

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A small leaf beetle ( about 12mm long) with glossy black pitted elytra with dark brown medial and lateral margins. The body was rounded like all paropsine beetles.

Habitat:

Black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) trees

Notes:

also refer to: http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Oceania/Australia/photo61588.htm

Reference Links:

Acacia Leaf Beetle - Dicranosterna immaculata (Paropsis immaculata)

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Comments (3)
MartinL
Nice. I had to go to Howqua to find this beetle, although there were quite a few there. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8290665
Mark Ridgway
Superb shots. Well done. Haven't seen this type before.

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia

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PublishedJanuary 14, 2012

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