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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Mantura » Mantura floridana
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Durham NC Oxalis leaf miner 1 2015 3 - Mantura floridana
Copyright © 2015 Tracy S. Feldman

Durham NC Oxalis leaf miner 1 2015 3 - Mantura floridana
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 11, 2015

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 21 May, 2015 - 5:57pm
Last updated 22 July, 2017 - 10:37am

Moved
Moved from Mantura.
Now these have shown up in Oklahoma:

...Since both NC and OK are well outside the known range of M. chrysanthemi, I think it's safe to say these are M. floridana, but I'll report back after a specialist examines the adults I got from you.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 June, 2015 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

Mantura floridana, I think
I was just looking at the samples you sent, and they looked like flea beetle mines rather than agromyzid mines as I had originally thought from your photos. In this photo the black head capsule is visible on the larva, ruling out a fly. Your sample included three beetles that look identical to this one:

These are only known from Polygonaceae, but Oxalis is chemically similar, and in Washington I've reared a Pegomya from Oxalis that is otherwise known from Rumex.

Nice find! I hope you can determine the Oxalis species. I'll get confirmation on the beetle ID eventually; I'm not totally clear on how Mantura chrysanthemi differs, but it isn't known from as far south as NC yet, so I'm pretty sure it's going to be M. floridana.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 May, 2015 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 May, 2015 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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