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Leaf beetle - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Copyright © 2007 Cindy Calisher

Leaf beetle - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
July 27, 2007
Size: approx. 6mm

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Contributed by Cindy Calisher on 27 July, 2007 - 3:35pm
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 11:36am

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus.
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2008 - 11:29pm

This is an extreme form of C.
This is an extreme form of C. castaneus where the basal and medial spots are confluent and expanded forming a broad vitta that does not reach the suture.
… John Randall Watts, 8 July, 2008 - 11:16pm

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