Mordella distincta Lea, 1895 (a species of pintail-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 Mordella distincta; Mordella fulvonotota)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Mordellidae
Subfamily: Mordellinae
Tribe: Mordellini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
