DiphucraniaDiphucrania duodecimmaculata Diphucrania leucosticta
— see Diphucrania broomensis | Diphucrania opima | Diphucrania stigmata
Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, whose common name include Twelve-spot Jewel Beetle, is one of the over 200 species in the genus Diphucrania. It is found almost exclusively on the foliage of host plant genera Allocasuarina, Casuarina and Xanthorrhoea.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Buprestoidea
- Family: Buprestidae
- Subfamily: Agrilinae
- Tribe: Coraebini
- Subtribe Cisseina
- Genus: Diphucrania
- Species: Diphucrania duodecimmaculata
Footnote & References
- Diphucrania duodecimmaculata. Photographs © Marianne Broug
- Diphucrania duodecimmaculata (Fabricius, 1801), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Diphucrania duodecimmaculata
- Diphucrania leucosticta, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/628938-Diphucrania-leucosticta
- Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, mariannebroug, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/149785830
- Diphucrania duodecimmaculata (Fabricius, 1801), by Peter J. Lang, Buprestidae of South Australia (Jewel beetles), https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Diphucrania_duodecimmaculata
DiphucraniaDiphucrania duodecimmaculata Diphucrania leucosticta
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