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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Odontota » Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner (Odontota scapularis)
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Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis
Copyright © 2007 Peter Cristofono

Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis
Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2007
Is this a net-winged beetle?
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 15 August, 2007 - 5:58pm
Last updated 16 August, 2007 - 10:13am

Leaf Beetle
Chalepus sp.
… Jim McClarin, 15 August, 2007 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Odontota scapularis?
Thanks Jim, I looked at Chalepus sp. -- but then saw that the net-wing mimic, Odontota scapularis, looks like a closer match to me. What do you think?
… Peter Cristofono, 15 August, 2007 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Or O. mundula
if the legs were all black. See comment.
… Jim McClarin, 15 August, 2007 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
legs not all black
This is apparent in other images of this individual. Odontota scapularis. Thanks for your help.
… Peter Cristofono, 16 August, 2007 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

nope
start here
… Phillip Harpootlian, 15 August, 2007 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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