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Acacia leaf beetle

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A tiny leaf beetle with dark thorax and dots on its shoulders .
This looks like another Chrysomelidae.
Found on Acacia.

Notes:

This looks similar to the larger elm leaf beetle
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18363035

Species ID Suggestions

Case-bearing leaf beetle

Cryptocephalinae (subfamily)
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Comments (2)
MartinL
Stephen, would you take a guess at this? It has bright orange larvae. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38367052
MartinL
Thanks again Stephen Thorpe It does look correct. I didn't consider this group because it is smaller than others that I've seen.

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013

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