Paropsisterna selmani (a species of leaf-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Reid, C.A.M. & de Little, D. (2013). A new species of Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860, a significant pest of plantation eucalypts in Tasmania and Ireland (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Zootaxa 3681:395-404.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Reid, C.A.M. & de Little, D. (2013). A new species of Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860, a significant pest of plantation eucalypts in Tasmania and Ireland (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Zootaxa 3681:395-404.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
