ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
The species Aporocera speciosa, commonly known as the Orange-black Leaf Cylinder Beetle, is a member of the group of Leaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily January Cryptocephalinae). Current observations on Atlas of Living Australia (as of 17 January 2025) all show Aporocera speciosa in the eastern states of Queensland and New South Wales. The specimen listed here is the first for the Perth and South West region of Western Australia.
Aporocera speciosa are about 8 mm in length. The head, pronotum and elytra are orange with black patches. The legs are orange with black tarsi (the tarsi refers to the tips or distal ends of the legs).


- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
- Tribe: Cryptocephalini
- Genus: Aporocera
- Subgenus: infrageneric Aporocera
- Species: Aporocera speciosa
Footnote & References
- Photographs: Aporocera speciosa, Perth & South West WA © Christopher Peacock
- Insects of Perth & South West Western Australia, https://www.facebook.com/groups/925620167561301/
- Orange-black Leaf Cylinder Beetle – Aporocera speciosa, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/OrangeCylinder.htm
- Aporocera (Aporocera) speciosa (Boisduval, 1835), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Aporocera (Aporocera) speciosa
- Aporocera speciosa, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/894369-Aphanesthes
- Orange-black Leaf Cylinder Beetle, Aporocera speciosa, JungleDragon, https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/8141/orange-black_leaf_cylinder_beetle.html
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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