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Tortoise leaf beetle

Paropsisterna sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A 12mm glossy black leaf beetle with rich red pinstripes; some indentations in elytra.

Habitat:

Suburban park next to eucalyptus national park. Open dry sclerophyll eucalyptus forest.
This one on trunk of Corymbia citriodora - Lemon scented gum.

Notes:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7993057

http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Parops…
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:25…

Reference Links:

Tortoise leaf beetle | Project Noah

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