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Zygogramma suturalis

Zygogramma suturalis
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 4, 2004
I see this one looks much like the other posted on the site. This was the ID given to me by the University.

Moved
Moved from Zygogramma.

 
ID confirmed by S.M. Clark: "probably Zygogramma suturalis"

similar image
here at msu. Are all the dark headed ones Z. suturalis then?

 
Boldly Striped
My reference, Insects, Their Natural History and Diversity, shows saturalis as dark like this one and says it's "boldly striped". It also shows the notch on the top of the black stripe near the "shouler". According to this reference I think we have some calligrapha in the zygogramma section. The Calligrapha lunata is a more red-brown stripe and doesn't have that notch in the stripe near the "shoulder". Lunata also does have a "notch" about half way back on the lower brown section. zygogramma's is rounded but smooth.

Here are the images that match the ones in this book.


Z. suturalis


C lunata

However, I don't know the variability in markings for each species. As you can see in my image, it has both the shoulder and the side notches, plus the dark coloring. So perhaps the shoulder notch is a good field mark and the side notch isn't?


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