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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Neolema » Neolema cordata
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small beetle - Neolema cordata
Copyright © 2007 Arlon

small beetle - Neolema cordata
houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2007
Size: 6mm
similar beetle close by..

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Contributed by Arlon on 19 April, 2007 - 9:30pm
Last updated 20 April, 2007 - 3:37pm

Leaf Beetle
I think this looks like Neolema sexpunctata.
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 20 April, 2007 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

 
Neolema cordata
might look like it, but I think it is Neolema cordata.
from the smokey mountains webpage: http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/chrysomelidae/Neolema_cordata.htm

The constricted pronotum and general size and color will distinguish Neolema sexpunctata from Chrysomelidae from GSMNP except the closely related Neolema cordata. In N. cordata, the median black markings of the elytra coalesce to form an inverted heart-shaped spot. In N. sexpunctata these markings are often transverse and separate. Specimens of N. cordata are usually smaller and more coarsely punctate than are those of N. sexpunctata.

good find!
… Rob Westerduijn, 20 April, 2007 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Add to info page?
I think this is very useful diagnostic information and it should be added to the Info page for this species.

Very cool finding the first photo of this species for the guide!
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 20 April, 2007 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Good advice -- done!
Good advice -- done!
… john and jane balaban, 21 April, 2007 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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