Eucalyptus Tip Wilter: S3, Instar, dorsal

Eucalyptus Tip Wilter (Amorbus rhombifer)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Family:

Leaf Footed Bug (Coreoidea, Coreidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Eucalyptus Tip Wilter (Amorbus rhombifer)

This Photo:

🔍S3, Instar, dorsal🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
The instar we caught was ~14mm long. The adults get a lot larger.
The name refers to the fact they suck the juices out of the new growth of Eucalyptus trees, which then wilt and brown off.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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