Bug card No. 3358 of 4,939

Pittosporum beetle

Lamprolina aeneipennis

Eats: Plants BeetlesGardens and meadows6 legs

The pittosporum beetle is a leaf beetle from eastern Australia. Leaf beetles are often shiny and colourful. They spend their days munching on plants.

Lives in

Eastern Australia, in New South Wales and maybe also Queensland and Victoria

Top speed

about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)

On foot, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite or sting.

What does it eat?

It is a leaf beetle, so it nibbles on plant leaves.

A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Pittosporum beetle about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)

A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

cool stuff

Fun facts

It was first described in 1835, almost 200 years ago, under a different name.

Scientists do not fully agree where it lives. Some say three Australian states, others say only New South Wales.

It belongs to the leaf beetles, a huge family of plant-eating beetles.

you asked

?Where does the pittosporum beetle live?

In eastern Australia, at least in New South Wales.

?Is the pittosporum beetle dangerous?

No. It is a harmless leaf beetle.

Lamprolina aeneipennis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
Picture by Toby Hudson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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