Warty Leaf Beetle - Chlamisus foveolatus

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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Warty Leaf Beetles (Fulcidacini) » Cloaked Warty Leaf Beetles (Chlamisus) » Chlamisus foveolatus

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Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Warty Leaf Beetle - Chlamisus foveolatus

Duke Forest off of Hwy 751, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
August 25, 2007
Size: 3 mm

At a lighted sheet. Size approximate--see comments.

Appears to be a member of the Chlamisini - Warty Leaf Beetles. Thanks for help (comments)--perhaps a more specific identification will be forthcoming.

Aha! Checking in Balsbaugh, Leaf Beetles of Alabama (1) (also on-line, I see the following lines from the key for genus Chlamisus (here):
1. Legs, antennae, clypeus, and frons not completely orange–either partly or entirely black..... 2
Legs, antennae, clypeus, and frons completely orange..... C. foveolatus

That sounds like a good fit to this photo. So I think this is likely Chlamisus foveolatus. It is also on a checklist from the Great Smokies.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 28 August, 2007 - 4:59pm
Last updated 25 August, 2012 - 12:47pm

Moved--Chlamisus foveolatus

Moved from Warty Leaf Beetles. See notes on new guide page--it looks like the orange legs and antennae are distinctive for this species. Thanks for the help everyone--I was not familiar with this group and had no idea where to start.

… Cotinis, 29 August, 2007 - 8:46am

Chlamisus foveolatus

Good find! looks like your image is the first one on the internet

… Rob Westerduijn, 29 August, 2007 - 12:03pm

Then we looked in the Chlamisini

and didn't see any with yellow legs! You're killin' us here!

… john and jane balaban, 28 August, 2007 - 5:31pm

Ditto

Could the size be more like 2-3mm? You can do a thread count on your sheet and use that for guaging insect size.

That zipper up the back and relief map of the Himalayas effect made me think of Chlamisini.

… Jim McClarin, 28 August, 2007 - 5:39pm

Yes, maybe more 2-3 mm

I was being sloppy--I have other photos of the sheet with a scale--about 3 threads per mm, I think. (It's not my sheet!)

So maybe this beetle is more like 2-3 mm. Yes, looks like a member of the Chlamisini.

… Cotinis, 28 August, 2007 - 5:43pm

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