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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Hoshihananomia octopunctata

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Hoshihananomia octopunctata
Duluth, Georgia, USA
July 11, 2003

Not Mordella
Dr. Jackman at TAMU confirmed the ID:

Hoshihananomia octopunctata (Fabricius)

Subfamily Mordellinae, Tribe Mordellini

Mike Quinn
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Texas Beetle Information
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Also Mordella octopunctata?
Also looks like pattern of Mordella octopunctata, though pubescence is silvery here and yellowish in your other photo (of a different individual?). Pattern looks the same. See refs under other photo.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

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