Spotted Flower Chafer

Neorrhina punctata

The Punctate Flower Chafer or Spotted Flower Chafer, "Neorrhina punctatum", is a species of flower chafer. The chafers are beetles of subfamily Cetoniinae in the large scarab beetle family. Among the chafers, "N. punctatum" belongs to the tribe Schizorhinini.
Punctate flower chafer Also known as the spotted flower chafer beetle. Found from mid New South Wales, up in to northern Queensland in urban areas, forests and woodland, feeding on the nectar of flowers. These are unusual because, unlike other beetles, they fly with their colourful wing cases closed. The larvae are white and live in rotting wood and decaying vegetable matter. Emerging as adults in summer. 20 mm body length Australia,Cetoniinae,Coleoptera,Geotagged,Neorrhina punctata,Punctate flower chafer,Scarabaeidae,Spotted Flower Chafer,Spring,arthropod,fauna,insect,invertebrate,macro,new south wales

Naming

It is also known under several other scientific names, but these are obsolete or misspelled:
⤷  "Cetonia punctata"
⤷  "Cetonia punctatum" Donovan, 1805
⤷  "Neorrhina punctata"
⤷  "Polystigma punctata"
⤷  "Polystigma punctatum"
Puncate Flower Chaffer Found in one of my roses. Australia,Geotagged,Neorrhina punctata,Spotted Flower Chafer,Spring

Distribution

This beetle occurs in eastern Australia, from central New South Wales to northern Queensland.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyScarabaeidae
GenusNeorrhina
SpeciesN. punctata
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Australia