Leaf Beetle - Paropsis delittlei
A male Tassie endemic leaf beetle, Paropsis delittlei - females are pinkish brown. Both sexes have the pronotal dark bilaterally symmetrical markings.
References:
de Little, D. W. (1979). Taxonomic and ecological studies of the Eucalyptus-defoliating paropsids (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with particular reference to Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Olivier). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tasmania: Hobart.
Selman, B.J. 1983. The naming of the Tasmanian species of Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 333-339.
Leaf Beetle - Paropsis delittlei
A male Tassie endemic leaf beetle, Paropsis delittlei - females are pinkish brown. Both sexes have the pronotal dark bilaterally symmetrical markings.
References:
de Little, D. W. (1979). Taxonomic and ecological studies of the Eucalyptus-defoliating paropsids (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with particular reference to Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Olivier). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tasmania: Hobart.
Selman, B.J. 1983. The naming of the Tasmanian species of Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 333-339.