Paropsisterna m-fuscum (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle)
A pest of Blue Gum plantations in America. This local native is confined to chewing on waxy (glaucous) eucalypt leaves such as those of juvenille Apple Box (Eucalyptus bridgesiana) and Candlebark (E. rubida) leaves.
The tessellated elytra differ. M-fuscum is named for the black "M" mark on the pronotum
Paropsisterna m-fuscum is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | Riverina Murray | Hume | Grampians
Species information
- Paropsisterna m-fuscum Scientific name
- Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1205.52m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Location information
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Maps
ANBG Aranda Bushland Bango Nature Reserve Bicentennial Park Block 402 Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Campbell Park Woodland Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park City Renewal Authority Area Commonwealth & Kings Parks Coolo Park Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Dawson Street Gardens Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Emu Creek Farrer Ridge Felltimber Creek NCR Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Goulburn Mulwaree Council Gundaroo Common Hill Reserve Holtze Close Neighbourhood Park Hughes Grassy Woodland Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Jerrabomberra Creek Kama Lake Burley Griffin West Legacy Park Woodland Reserve Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Magpie Hill Park, Lyneham Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo) Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mount Pleasant Namadgi National Park National Arboretum Forests Piney Ridge Pomaderris Nature Reserve Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Rugosa Scabby Range Nature Reserve Sullivans Creek, Turner The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Hill Umbagong District Park Urambi Hills Uriarra TSR West Belconnen Pond Wodonga -
Survey points
Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) GG93 GG96 -
Places
Belconnen, ACT Bredbo, NSW Bungendore, NSW Campbell, ACT Carwoola, NSW Deakin, ACT Gundaroo, NSW Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holbrook, NSW Latham, ACT Ngunnawal, ACT Nicholls, ACT Paddys River, ACT Russell, ACT Symonston, ACT Theodore, ACT Turner, ACT West Wodonga, VIC Yarralumla, ACT
