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hunchbacked leaf beetle - Coscinoptera aeneipennis
Copyright © 2005 Joshua Stuart Rose

hunchbacked leaf beetle - Coscinoptera aeneipennis
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 13, 2005
Shaped very much like Saxinis sp., but lacks the red spots that I've been told are diagnostic of that species.
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 18 November, 2005 - 5:10pm
Last updated 12 July, 2009 - 5:08pm

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identified as Coscinoptera aeneipennis by Dr. Ed Riley of Texas A&M

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 21 November, 2005 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

Piggy-back
Josh, I'm piggy-backing my ID request on yours, hope you don't mind. My photo of this species was taken in 1985. Interestingly, my photo was May and yours November, but then Texas is quite a bit warmer than the Virginia Piedmont.

Hope someone can help with the ID. Here's my image:



--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 19 November, 2005 - 3:48am login or register to post comments

 
Discussion
Josh, There is some discussion emerging about my photo that I would think applies to your photo too; click on the photo below to see this discussion:



--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 20 November, 2005 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

 
This is not the same species
This is not the same species but C. dominicana as it does not have the aeneous color on the elytra of aeneipennis.
… John R. Watts, 8 July, 2008 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

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