Castiarina insculpta

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Castiarina insculpta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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]

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References

  1. "Miena Jewel Beetle - Threatened Species Link". www.threatenedspecieslink.tas.gov.au. Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. "Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  3. 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.