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Hop-bush Leaf Beetle

Callidemum hypochalceum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) garry34, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 76, February 50, March 64, April 31, May 8, June 3, July 6, August 21, September 63, October 58, November 59, December 60.
Australia499
Victoria233
South Australia171
New South Wales54
Queensland29
Australian Capital Territory12
Malaysia1
Sabah1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusCallidemum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hop-bush Leaf Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.