Pink Desert Leaf Beetle: Face

Pink Desert Leaf Beetle (Paropsis roseola)

Class:

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

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pink Desert Leaf Beetle (Paropsis roseola)

This Photo:

🔍Face🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~8mm long. Notice the emarginate eyes.
It's pink pronotum is diagnostic, and they love mallee gum.
Also, notice the feet. They have pads (all leaf-beetles do) to help them suck onto leaves - hence the name.

This species is

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

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