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)
White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe), like most leaf beetles live and feed in the same same tree as where they lay their eggs and the larvae emerges to feed on the leaves of the Acacia. The larvae will shed their skin as they grow, then when they are ready to pupate, will drop to the ground and pupate in the leaf litter.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborders: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
- Genus: Dicranosterna
- Species: Dicranosterna circe
Footnote & References
- White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe), Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Dicranosterna circe (Stål, 1860), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/167e4f53-94fa-4ae2-8fcb-df6df5bdba2a
- White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe), Australian Insects, https://australianinsectsblog.wordpress.com/white-acacia-leaf-beetle-dicranosterna-circe/
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