Temognatha variabilis
| Temognatha variabilis | |
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| Mounted specimen | |
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| A live individual | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Temognatha |
| Species: | T. variabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Temognatha variabilis (Donovan, 1805)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Temognatha variabilis, commonly known as the variable jewel beetle, is a beetle of the family Buprestidae.
Description
[edit]Temognatha variabilis can reach a length of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in). The body colour is highly variable, ranging from yellowish to dark red. Helytra are punctato-striate and may have black markings. The thorax usually show a median black area with yellow or bright red markings on each side. Head and legs are black with greenish reflections.[2]
Larvae live in She-oak tree of Casuarina species (Casuarinaceae).
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in southeastern Australia.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p217 (Stigmodera variabilis ).
- Insects of Australia, George Hangay & Pavel German, Reed New Holland, 2000, p72.
- Peterson, Magnus., 1996: Aspects of female reproductive biology of two southwestern Australian Temognatha species Coleoptera Buprestidae. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 182: 203-208
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