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Metallic Green Leaf Beetle

Metopoceris (probably M. alternans)

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Metallic green leaf beetle of the Family Chrysomelidae, about 1 cm long and hidden among the leaves and branches of a shrub.

Habitat:

In the scrubbery near the river, Corazon del Fortin, Fortin de Las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico.

Notes:

http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/253135-Metopoceris
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3917816

Species ID Suggestions

Shining Leaf beetle

Metopoceris sp.

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PublishedMarch 13, 2013

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