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Leaf Beetle

Metacycla sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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16.7235, -92.9313

Field Notes

Description:

Yellow and Brown Leaf Beetle (male), 0.5 mm long. Family Chrysomelidae, Tribe Galerucini.
See also: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/337289148/fullscreen

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

Species ID Suggestions

Galerucine leaf beetle

Galerucini
stho002
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Comments (3)
thaptor
compare: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/337289148 (probably same)

Spotted for Missions

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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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Beetles!
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Mission
Insects from Mexico!

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PublishedAugust 12, 2013

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