Manzanita Leaf Beetle (Monocesta ducalis) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Metallic blue and yellow Leaf Beetle, 1.5 cm long. Family Chrysomelidae. For pictures of the larvae see:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16769023/fullscreen.

Habitat:

Abandoned field, semi-urban area, outskirts of San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters. They only feed (as both larvae and adults) on leaves of the native Manzanita Tree, Crataegus mexicana. (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus_mexicana)

Notes:

http://www.naturalista.mx/observations/3900271
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/272293-Monocesta-ducalis
http://bios.conabio.gob.mx/especies/10053055
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocesta

Species ID Suggestions

Galerucine Leaf beetle

Monocesta ducalis

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Thank you for the identification, thaptor!

Thank you so much Jemma :)

lovely! I love leaf beetles.I was lucky to witness the life cycle of our local species of leaf beetles.

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