Tea tree leaf beetle
Paropsis pictipennis
-37.7357, 145.27
Field Notes
Description:
An attractive leaf beetle feeding (unusually) on tea tree rather than eucalyptus. This species is therefore divergent and doesn't easily fit into the Paropsis genus, not into the Paropsisterna. However, the margins of the pronotum, being emarginate, define it as Paropsis.
Habitat:
A local nature reserve.
Feeding on Kunzea
Notes:
In Latin;
Paropsis = dish
picti = painting, or picture
pennis = wings
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