Ecnolagria rufescens (honey-brown beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Lagria grandis)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Lagriinae
Tribe: Lagriini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus amygdalina is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus obliqua is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus viminalis is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Acacia dealbata — Hand collection from Cassinia sp. — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus obliqua — Hand collection from Eucalyptus sieberi — Hand collection from Eucalyptus viminalis — Hand collection from under bark of Eucalyptus obliqua — Not specified — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus amygdalina is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus obliqua is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus viminalis is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Acacia dealbata — Hand collection from Cassinia sp. — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus obliqua — Hand collection from Eucalyptus sieberi — Hand collection from Eucalyptus viminalis — Hand collection from under bark of Eucalyptus obliqua — Not specified — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.
Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.
