Eupoecila inscripta

Last updated

Eupoecila inscripta
Australian insects (Plate XVII) (7268241248) Eupoecila inscripta.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
E. inscripta
Binomial name
Eupoecila inscripta
(Janson, 1873)

Eupoecila inscripta is a species of scarab beetle in the genus Eupoecila , found in western Australia. [1]

Description

This species of beetle is green with black features. It usually feeds on nectar obtained from flowers, playing its role in pollination. Male and female beetles are usually similar in size. It is widespread in western half of Australia. [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Sorghum</i> Genus of grass cultivated as a food crop

Sorghum is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, which includes about 25 species. Some of these species have grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species, Sorghum bicolor, was originally domesticated in Africa and has since spread throughout the globe. Seventeen of the 25 species are native to Australia, with the range of some extending to Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica, and certain islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species is grown for grain, while many others are used as fodder plants, either cultivated in warm climates worldwide or naturalized in pasture lands. Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae.

Cupedidae Family of beetles

The Cupedidae are a small family of beetles, notable for the square pattern of "windows" on their elytra, which give the family their common name of reticulated beetles.

Polyphaga Suborder of beetles

Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles. It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 350,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the beetle species so far discovered.

Buprestidae Family of insects

Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.

Myxophaga Suborder of beetles

Myxophaga is the second-smallest suborder of the Coleoptera after Archostemata, consisting of roughly 65 species of small to minute beetles in four families. The members of this suborder are aquatic and semiaquatic, and feed on algae.

Chrysomeloidea Superfamily of beetles

The Chrysomeloidea are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species, mostly in the families Cerambycidae and Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles.

Motorbike frog

The motorbike frog is a ground-dwelling tree frog of the family Pelodryadidae found in Southwest Australia. Its common name is derived from the male frog's mating call, which sounds similar to a motorbike changing up through gears; it is also known as Moore's frog, the western bell frog, western green and golden bell frog, and western green tree frog.

Cleridae Checkered beetles

Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences.

The silky mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia.

<i>Grevillea parallela</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to northern Australia

Grevillea parallela, also known as silver oak, beefwood or white grevillea, is a tree native to northern Australia.

<i>Temognatha variabilis</i> Species of beetle

Temognatha alternata, commonly known as the variable jewel beetle, is a beetle of the family Buprestidae.

<i>Hakea commutata</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia

Hakea commutata is a shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. A variable species in shape and growing requirements, including mallee heath, sand and along creek lines.

<i>Eupoecila evanescens</i> Species of beetle

Eupoecila evanescens, commonly known as the orange spot beetle is a member of the scarab beetle family from north-eastern Australia, belonging to genus Eupoecila.

<i>Eupoecila intricata</i> Species of beetle

Eupoecila intricata, commonly known as aniko or aneeko beetle is a member of the scarab beetle in genus Eupoecila, indigenous to eastern Australia.

Eupoecila miskini is a member of the scarab beetle family indigenous to Australia, belonging to genus Eupoecila. It is closely related to Eupoecila inscripta.

Rosalba inscripta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1866. It is known from northern South America.

<i>Cadmus</i> (beetle) Genus of beetles

Cadmus is a genus of leaf beetles which are commonly called case bearing leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. They are widespread throughout Australia and include 5 subgenera and 68 species.

<i>Eucalyptus occidentalis</i>

Eucalyptus occidentalis, commonly known as the flat topped yate or the swamp yate, is a tree that is native to Western Australia. The Noongar names for the tree are Mo or Yundill.

<i>Hakea nitida</i> Species of shrub of the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Hakea nitida, commonly called the frog hakea or shining hakea, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.

Synaphea lesueurensis is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Atlas of Living Australia. "Eupoecila inscripta | Atlas of Living Australia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2014-08-04.