Paropsis delittlei (Paropsis delittlei)

Paropsis delittlei This is the male of the species to illustrate the sexual dimorphism unique to a few species in this genus. I encountered this beetle while bush-walking on Hartz Mountains with David de Little, after whom this Beetle is named. David worked in forestry and knows every tree species in Tasmania, and is the leading expert in Tasmania
on the beetles that eat them.

The mainland sister species is the dimorphic <Paropsis intermedia>. Here is the male.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/39559/paropsis_intermedia.html Australia,Geotagged,Paropsis delittlei,Summer

Appearance

About 10mm long. High domed shape. Densely pitted elytra but sometimes with underlying linear patterns. Pronotum with mottled patterns of light and dark. Colours may range from dark greys to pale tans, creams and pink.

Paropsis delittlei This species is dimorphic. This is female. I do not own a male image. Male will look very similar to male Paropsis intermedia.
Australia,Geotagged,Paropsis,Paropsis delittlei,Summer

Distribution

Australia, originally thought to be endemic to Tasmania but there may also be some records from southern Victoria.

Habitat

Eucalyptus forests.

Food

Eucalyptus leaves.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Paropsis+delittlei#
https://sites.google.com/site/paropsispages/paropsis-dilatata
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftaschrysomeloidea/suborder-polyphaga/chrysomelidae-leaf-beetles/subfamily-chrysomelinae/genus-paropsis/paropsis-delittlei
http://www.tfic.net.au/SpeciesPages/Paropsis%20delittlei.html

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Paropsis
Species	Paropsis delittlei

Photographed in
Australia