''Castiarina'' is a genus of beetles in the family

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

, tribe Stigmoderini. This is one of the largest genera of beetles in Australia and emerge in the summertime to coordinate with flowering of native plants including '' Eucalyptus'' and tea trees (''

Leptospermum ''Leptospermum'' is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of ''Melaleuca''. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greate ...

'').

Castiarina australasiae Lysterfield Oct14

Castiarina erythroptera2 Bunyip SP Dec14

Castiarina garnettensis Mt Surprise Feb16 1

Castiarina victoriensis Nererim SouthNov14

Species

There are over 400 species of ''Castiarina'' in Australia. ''Castiarina'' includes the following species:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5049867 Buprestidae genera Taxa named by Hippolyte Louis Gory Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau