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Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius, 1775) (cowpea bean-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Atlas of Living Australia record(s) (as Callosobruchus maculatus)

Introduced (now cosmopolitan).

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Chrysomelidae

Subfamily: Bruchinae

Tribe: Bruchini

Morphology

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

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: seed-feeder (larvae live within beans or peas)
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

 

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