Castiarina insculpta
| Castiarina insculpta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Castiarina |
| Species: | C. insculpta |
| Binomial name | |
| Castiarina insculpta (Carter, 1934) | |
Castiarina insculpta, the Miena jewel beetle,[1] is a species of beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae.[2] It is endemic to Tasmania, where it feeds on the asteraceous shrub Ozothamnus hookeri.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Miena Jewel Beetle - Threatened Species Link". www.threatenedspecieslink.tas.gov.au. Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ Spencer, CP and Richards, K 2014, 'Did Castiarina insculpta (Miena Jewel Beetle) ride on the sheep's back?', The Tasmanian Naturalist, vol. 136, pp. 49-57.
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