Castiarina fossoria

Castiarina fossoria

Castiarina fossoria is a jewel beetle found in Australia.
Jewel Beetle (Castiarina fossoria) This lovely jewel beetle had cream-coloured elytra with rows of puncturations running down the elytra. The inner margins of the elytra had a narrow linear black marking for two-thirds of its length, near the apex this marking broadened looking like a blunt arrowhead. The outer margin of the elytra at the apex was tinged red. Thorax and head were dark with a greenish iridescence. Spotted on tea-tree. Australia,Castiarina fossoria,Geotagged,Spring

Naming

Synonym
Stigmodera fossoria Carter, 1927
Castiarina fossoria A pale jewel beetle found in springtime on flowering daisy bush. Australia,Castiarina,Castiarina fossoria,Geotagged,Spring,buprestidae

Distribution

Victoria, Australia

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyBuprestidae
GenusCastiarina
SpeciesCastiarina fossoria
Photographed in
Australia