Lemidia virgata (a species of checkered 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.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Cleridae
Subfamily: Phyllobaeninae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): not yet documented
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1907c). Notes on the genus Lemidia with descriptions of new species. Ann. Soc. Entom. Belg. 51: 331-362
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
