Dotted Paropsine Leaf beetle  - Paropsis atomaria

FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 

This page contains pictures and information about Dotted Paropsine Leaf beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 10mm 

We sometimes saw this beetle on gum leaf in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.

Both adult and larval stages feed on eucalypt leaves. They feed on a wide range of eucalypts. 

 

 

 

   

Eggs, length 2mm                                                   Just hatched.

 

The eggs are laid on young leaf or new stem. The eggs hatched and the larvae feed on the new Eucalypt leave in group. The larvae are pale brown in colour with black dots on body. Their heads and tails are black in colour. They have there pairs of thoracic legs but no abdominal legs.  

 

 

Group feeding

 

There are four larval instars.  When larvae are mature, they drop to the ground and pupate. 

 

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Last updated: January 31, 2005.