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Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma vittatum
Copyright © 2016 Dan Davison

Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma vittatum
Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
July 22, 2016
Looks like a three-lined potato beetle but it has a dark head... looks more like the Lema nigrovittata in bugguide with the black head. But they are western species - Arizona ...
It was on a Pumpkin plant leaf.
Contributed by Dan Davison on 22 July, 2016 - 1:18pm
Last updated 22 July, 2016 - 2:38pm

Moved,Acalymma vittatum
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 July, 2016 - 2:23pm

Check out Acalymma vittatum
… John Rosenfeld, 22 July, 2016 - 2:03pm

 
Striped Cucumber Beetle
Thanks for the ID - we are not growing any cucumbers but this one was on a pumpkin leaf briefly - maybe it was checking it out and then left!
… Dan Davison, 22 July, 2016 - 2:41pm

 
The info page lists the hosts as Cucurbitaceae
pumpkins belong to that family also so a possible host.
… John Rosenfeld, 22 July, 2016 - 3:15pm

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