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Calligrapha
Copyright © 2005 Stephen Luk

Calligrapha
Mount Sainte-Anne, Perce, Gaspe Peninsula County, Quebec, Canada
August 22, 2005
Size: 8 mm
Found along a cliff-side trail, on the leaf of a plant which was not identified. This specimen exhibits some asymmetrical patterning on the elytra. I identified it as C. rowena, based on the specimen on the Guide d'identification d'insectes du Québec site.
Contributed by Stephen Luk on 18 December, 2006 - 4:00pm
Last updated 8 September, 2009 - 10:21pm

Moved
Moved from Calligrapha rowena.
… Beatriz Moisset, 8 September, 2009 - 10:21pm

Calligrapha are notoriously d
Calligrapha are notoriously difficult to identify without host plants. The specimen could just as easily be C. knabi and in fact the spot pattern matches closer to this species if you look at Wilcox 1972.
… John R. Watts, 5 July, 2008 - 8:43am

Moved
Moved from Calligrapha.
… Boris Büche, 30 March, 2007 - 8:44am

Agreed
C. rowena
… Jim McClarin, 18 December, 2006 - 8:51pm

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