Arsipoda variegata (Waterhouse, 1838) (a species of flea-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.

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Chrysomelidae

Subfamily: Galerucinae

Tribe: Alticini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder (on Gahnia grandis)
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Gahnia sp. — Hand collection from Leptospermum lanigerum — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Eucalyptus obliqua — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Michaels, K.F. (1999a). Carabid beetles as biodiversity and ecological indicators. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.