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Ragweed Leaf Beetle (Zygogramma suturalis)
Photo#10142
Copyright © 2005
Lynette Elliott
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.
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Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 23 January, 2005 - 8:43pm
Last updated 9 October, 2011 - 8:05pm
Moved
Moved from
Zygogramma
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john and jane balaban
, 29 December, 2007 - 4:04pm
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ID confirmed by S.M. Clark: "probably Zygogramma suturalis"
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v belov
, 11 September, 2013 - 2:02pm
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similar image
here at
msu
. Are all the dark headed ones Z. suturalis then?
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john and jane balaban
, 27 December, 2005 - 4:19pm
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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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Lynette Elliott
, 20 October, 2006 - 8:44am
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