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)
Green Strip Leaf Beetle (Calomela pallida), also known as Australica pallida, is one of the leaf beetles, whose elytra is a leaf green colour, with striae darker green.
The stria (plural striae), describes the stripe, usually one a set of parallel stripes. The striate (adjective) describes the beetle as marked with striations (striped or grooved). In the photograph, you can see rows of punctures, from near the base almost to the apex of the elytra, as well as darker coloured stripes.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborders: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
- Genus: Calomela
- Species: Calomela pallida
Footnote & References
- Green Strip Leaf Beetle (Calomela pallida), Photograph © Stefan Jones
- Calomela pallida (Baly, 1856), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bf4de59c-e937-4e58-914e-a15a84ce8ada
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