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The Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata), also known as the Eucalypt Leaf Beetle, Gum Leaf Beetle, Spotted Paropsine Beetle and the Golden Spotted Paropsine Beetle.
As kids we used to call these Butter Bits…
Marc Newman
This bright gold and red leaf beetle are found on eucalyptus
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
- Tribe: Gonioctenini
- Subtribe: Paropsina
- Genus: Paropsis
- Species: Paropsis maculata
Footnote & References
- Marc Newman, Flickr
- Genus Paropsis, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/201883-Paropsis
- Eucalypt Leaf Beetle (Paropsis maculata), iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201882-Paropsis-maculata
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