Paropsisterna cloelia (a species of leaf-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 Chrysophtharta variicollis)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 11
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Leschen, R.A.B.; Reid, C.A.M.; Nadein, K.S. 2020: Generic review of New Zealand Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa, 4740(1): 1-66. DOI [See p. 61, ‘syn. nov.’]
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
