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Species Ethonion jessicae (Hawkeswood & Turner, 1994)

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Species Ethonion jessicae (Hawkeswood & Turner, 1994)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


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

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.

Larva: gall-inducer (associated flora: Dillwynia glaberrima Sm. [FABACEAE] Heathy Parrot Pea (in galls); Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce [FABACEAE] Heathy Parrot Pea; Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce [FABACEAE] Heathy Parrot Pea (in galls); Pultenaea flexilis Sm. [FABACEAE] (in galls); Pultenaea blakelyi Joy Thomps. [FABACEAE] (in galls)).

Extra Ecological Information

This species was recorded from Daviesia corymbosa and Dillwynia retorta at the time of description.

Associated Flora References

Bellamy, C.L. 2002. Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. pp. XII 491 +4 colour pls [398] (Dillwynia retorta)

Bellamy, C.L., Williams, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Sundholm, A. 2013. A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with additional new records. Insecta Mundi 0293: 1-172 [68] (Dillwynia retorta)

Hawkeswood, T.J. & Turner, J.R. 1994. A new species of the genus Ethon Laporte & Gory, with observations on its biology and host plants (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 7: 165-179 [175] (Dillwynia retorta)

 

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
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED