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purple leaf beetle - Altica
Copyright © 2008 Jim McClarin

purple leaf beetle - Altica
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 28, 2008
Size: about 4.5 mm
This could very well be Phrato*ra purpu*rea but I wasn't quite sure. Taken by sweeping tree and shrub foliage less than a half-mile from where I collected one of that species.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 July, 2008 - 7:39pm
Last updated 6 July, 2008 - 8:07pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 6 July, 2008 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

purple leaf beetle
It looks a lot like Altica foliacea but the genus is in bad need of revision.
… John R. Watts, 2 July, 2008 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I couldn't find any images of that species online.
Maybe I check some print media.
… Jim McClarin, 2 July, 2008 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Altica sp
You can find some pictures here
… Rob Westerduijn, 6 July, 2008 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Altica cor*ni?
Altica co*rni is the right color and has a pronounced transverse pronotal sulcus like this one's. It's also on the New Hampshire checklist. (To be fair, so is Altica foliaceae though I couldn't dig up an image of it.)
… Jim McClarin, 6 July, 2008 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, yes, I suppose I should move it to genus at least
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 6 July, 2008 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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