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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) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysolina » Chrysolina inornata
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Beetle - Chrysolina inornata
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Beetle - Chrysolina inornata
Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 1, 2007
Size: 5mm
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 3 June, 2007 - 7:37pm
Last updated 3 July, 2008 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Chrysolina.
… Tom Bentley, 3 July, 2008 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Tom Bentley, 2 July, 2008 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Try Chysolina as a genus ID i
Try Chysolina as a genus ID in the Chrysomelinae subfamily. Any chance for a host plant?
… John R. Watts, 2 July, 2008 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
Chrysolina inornata
Must be Chrysolina inornata than; the only all black Chrysolina
… Rob Westerduijn, 3 July, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
This little guys feed on ever
This little guys feed on everything...they are all over the local prairies. Don't remember what plant this one was on.
… Tom Bentley, 2 July, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eumolpinae.
… Boris Büche, 29 June, 2007 - 4:36am login or register to post comments

Eumolpinae
interesting leafbeetle from the subfamily Eumolpinae. Maybe Thymnes...
… Rob Westerduijn, 4 June, 2007 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Hm-m-m.
Reminds me of Timarcha, but I don't know if that genus is in the eastern U.S....Oops! Timarcha is at least twice that size.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 June, 2007 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

 
hmm back to Chrysomelidae
now I´m starting to doubt too...could also be something like Leptinotarsa....better put it back to family level for now.
It´s a nice picture and should be identifiable eventually.

later comment: not Tymnes, probably not an eumolpine
… Rob Westerduijn, 5 June, 2007 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Another leaf beetle
but I don't know which taxon below that.
… Jim McClarin, 4 June, 2007 - 5:21am login or register to post comments

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