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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) » Altica Genus Group » Altica » Altica tombacina
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Chrysomelid - Altica tombacina
Copyright © 2007 Sean McCann

Chrysomelid - Altica tombacina
Burnaby, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
May 23, 2007
Size: 3mm
I will try to get a better one today

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Contributed by Sean McCann on 24 May, 2007 - 11:36am
Last updated 13 September, 2022 - 1:49pm

Moved
Moved from Altica.
… Boris Büche, 13 September, 2022 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2008 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

chrysomelid
Although the specimen is quite dirty I would hazard to guess it is an Altica species. The genus is in bad need of a revision. Host plant?
… John Randall Watts, 2 July, 2008 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
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This was on Fireweed.
… Sean McCann, 2 July, 2008 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent! Since fireweed is
Excellent! Since fireweed is closely related to evening primrose then my suggestion as to it being an Altica holds as many species feed on Oenothera and its relatives.
… John Randall Watts, 2 July, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Sean McCann, 14 June, 2007 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

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