Castiarina setifera Barker, 2005 (a species of jewel-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Barker, S. (2005). Nine new species of Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 1062: 57-68. (as Castiarina setifera)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Buprestoidea

Family: Buprestidae

Subfamily: Buprestinae

Tribe: Stigmoderini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 21
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Barker, S. (2005). Nine new species of Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 1062: 57-68.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)