Gold Coast BeetlesAcacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna picea) Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata) Castiarina bella Castiarina luteipennis Chauliognathus flavipennis Darkling Beetle (Ecnolagria aurofasciata) Green Strip Leaf Beetle (Calomela pallida) Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma laterale) Mesolita lineolata Pandorea Leaf Beetle (Johannica gemellata) White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe)
A species of scarab beetle, the Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata) is found in the eastern states and was introduced into Western Australia, where it is now widespread across the South West of the state.
This beetle feeds on nectar. It often congregates where there is mass flowering.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
- Family: Scarabaeidae
- Subfamily: Cetoniinae
- Tribe: Cetoniini
- Genus: Glycyphana
- Subgenus: infrageneric Glycyphaniola
- Species: Glycyphana stolata
Footnote & References
- Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata), Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Glycyphana (Glycyphaniola) stolata (Fabricius, 1781), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3f577852-cd1f-40a2-9a4b-a331d595588f
- Glycyphana stolata (Fabricius, 1781), An Early Screening Tool for Exotic Scarab Pests to Australia, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/exotic_scarab_pests/key/lucid_key_to_scarabs/Media/Html/entities/glycyphana_stolata.htm
Gold Coast BeetlesAcacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna picea) Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata) Castiarina bella Castiarina luteipennis Chauliognathus flavipennis Darkling Beetle (Ecnolagria aurofasciata) Green Strip Leaf Beetle (Calomela pallida) Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma laterale) Mesolita lineolata Pandorea Leaf Beetle (Johannica gemellata) White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe)
QueenslandGold Coast Region Lamington National Park Southern Downs QLD