White Acacia Leaf Beetle

Dicranosterna circe

Dicranosterna circe is a leaf beetle in the Chrysomelidae family and the paropsini tribe. Dicranosterna is a genus of large and very convex beetles feeding exclusively on Acacia. Larvae are globose. Dicranosterna is endemic to Australia an D. circe is restricted to the Brisbane region of Queensland.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyChrysomelidae
GenusDicranosterna
SpeciesDicranosterna circe
Photographed in
Australia