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Calligraphy Leaf beetle

Calligrapha sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Metallic bronze Leaf Beetle, 5 mm long, Family Chrysomelidae.
(The Case Moth Pupa in the second picture is in another spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/36556018/fullscreen).

Habitat:

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

Notes:

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6793&subview=grid&taxo…

Species ID Suggestions

Calligraphic Leaf beetle

Calligrapha sp.
thaptor
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Comments (13)
LaurenZarate
Thank you thaptor, these beetles are so variable. Tough group to work with.
thaptor
About 1/3 of the MEX representation already sorted on NaturaLista: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6793&subview=grid&taxon_id=84810&view=species I think, yours is a variation of C. diversa - but I'm not sure of it.
Jellis
Nice beetle. Love the pattern
bayucca
Welcome to the club! Neither me, checked all my resources, but no match, tons of similar ones.
LaurenZarate
Thank you bayucca. Wow. I just don't know which genus of the two you gave me. I looked all through them both and couldn't find a match.
bayucca
Should be a Calligrapha sp. or Zygogramma sp.. There were some renaming. I can't immaging another genus, but I did not found a reasonable match for yours.
beaker98
What an awesome beetle! I love the pattern. Very nice photos!

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PublishedAugust 11, 2013

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