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Gold Leaf Beetle

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Description:

Small gold Leaf Beetle, 4 mm long, on Acacia. Family Chrysomelidae.

Habitat:

On an Acacia bush in forest and secondary growth under the San Cristobal Bridge on the Highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 15, 1,500 meters.

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PublishedAugust 20, 2013

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