Pink Desert Leaf Beetle Face | Pink Desert Leaf Beetle Pronotum Shape | |||||
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: | Antennae | ||||
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. | |||||
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