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Leaf Beetle

Cryptocephalus sp.

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40.5511, 21.3761

Field Notes

Description:

Cryptocephalus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae and belonging to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata.

Notes:

Leaf beetles in copula

Reference Links:

Cryptocephalus - Information on Cryptocephalus, Cryptocephalus, BioLib - Cryptocephalus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KostasZontanos
Thank you Mark. I agree that it looks like sericeus but there are also other very similar species (for example, hypochaeridis, rugulipennis) and it is very difficult for me to distinguish between them.
Mark Ridgway
Nice spotting Kostas. It looks very much like Cryptocephalus sericeus.

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2014

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