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Paropsisterna sp.

Paropsisterna sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 10mm long found on eucalyptus leaf.

Habitat:

In an outer urban nature reserve with a sparse mix of grasses, small eucalyptus, acacia, kunzea, pomaderris and others.

Notes:

Undescribed species.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
I think I need to rework all my paopsine spottings.
MartinL
This is Paropsisterna of course. We do not know which species. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/817476005 The lateral margin of the pronotum is always a smooth curve in paropsisterna . http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/863446003 For its closest ally, Paropsis, the margin is usually crenulate (wavy) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/116406019 or occasionally emarginate (with a notch at the anterior corner) such as in pictipennis. http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/2726

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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