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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) koala Curletti, 2001

  • Type data:
     Holotype ANIC (beating foliage of Acacia burkittii, 1.ii.1998, C. L. Bellamy), 75.7 road km E of McDermid Road, WA [32.11°S 121.29°E].
    Paratype(s) MCCI 1 specimen (2 Jan. 1971, K. E. Carnaby), Lake Grace, WA; GHNC 1 specimen (2 Jan. 1971, K. E. Carnaby, on Acacia), Lake Grace, WA; ANIC 9 specimens (2 Jan. 1971, K. E. Carnaby, on Acacia), Lake Grace, WA; GHNC 2 specimens (2 Jan. 1971, K. E. Carnaby), Lake Grace, WA; ANIC 1 specimen (J. Clark), Geraldton WA; ANIC 1 specimen, Wembley Park WA, J. W. Brown; NMV 1 specimen (Jan 1939, F. E. Wilson), Dedari WA; NMV 1 specimen (12-20 Dec. 1956, A. S. Nell), Bunbury WA; SAMA 1 specimen. (19 January 1955, J. Baldwin), Wylie's Lake, Manclurah S.W. Australia; SAMA 1 specimen (E.F. du Boulay), Kondinin WA,; WAM 1 specimen (Feb. 1914), Cunderdin WA; WAM 5 specimens (Feb. 1914), Cunderdin, WA; WAM 1 specimen (E. F. du Boulay), locality unknown; WAM 38-737 6 specimens, Wubin,; MHC 1 specimen (30 Jan. 1992, T.M.S. Hanlon), N7T WA,; MCCI 1 specimen (30 Jan. 1992, T.M.S. Hanlon), N7T WA,; MHC 1 specimen (on Acacia leaves, 16.i.1989, M. Powell), 6 km S Paynes Find WA; MHC 2 specimens (Acacia leaves, 20.i.1999, D. Knowles), Boulder Rock, Brookton Hwy WA; MHC 1 specimen (26.12.89), Yellowdine, WA; MCCI 1 specimen (01.93), Yellowdine, WA; MCCI 1 specimen (23.12.1913-23.I.1914, R.E. Turner), Yallingup, WA; CLBC 1 specimen (31.I.1974), Grace, WA; DGCI 3 specimens (2.1.1973), Lake Grace, WA; DGCI 1 specimen (I.1997), Goldfields.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, folivore (associated flora: Acacia acuminata burkittii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Kodela & Tindale [FABACEAE] Burkitt's Wattle (on leaves); Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle (on leaves)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2024 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2024 Agrilinae Gory & Laporte, 1835 10-Sep-2024 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020 BUPRESTOIDEA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
13-Jun-2017 Agrilus Curtis, 1825 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
17-Dec-2010 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED