Cyrioides vittigera

Common name: Striped Banksia Beetle

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

This beetle is found in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

This beetle is approximately 25 millimetres long.

Notes:

This beetle has been seen ovipositing (laying eggs) in the bark of Banksia attenuata.

These photographs were taken in November shortly after a small bushfire was extinguished.

Associations:

Banksia attenuata.

References:

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b8b7aa72-3fae-4fda-a873-7c1b525182e1

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