Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Buprestinae
Tribe: Melobasini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Leptospermum laevigatum is a host-plant (Cowie, 2001) — Leptospermum lanigerum is a host-plant (Cowie, 2001).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.
