Phyllotocus erythropterus Blanchard, 1850 (a species of scarab-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: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Scarabaeidae

Subfamily: Melolonthinae

Tribe: Sericini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Bursaria spinosa is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Bursaria spinosa — Hand collection from Cassinia sp. — Hand collection from Eucalyptus tenuiramis — Hand collection from Eucalyptus viminalis — Hand collection from Leptospermum scoparium — Hand collection from Leptospermum sp. — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.