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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Cupressi group (Cryptocephalus Cupressi group) » Cryptocephalus castaneus
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Unknown beetle - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Copyright © 2017 Lisa Gonzalez

Unknown beetle - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 1, 2016
Collected in a Malaise trap
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Contributed by Lisa Gonzalez on 30 October, 2017 - 4:33pm
Last updated 22 November, 2019 - 12:30pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus.
… Tyler Hedlund, 22 November, 2019 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved, genus is sound
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 October, 2017 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Chrysomelidae
It appears to be Cryptocephalus castaneus, but I would prefer confirmation.

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… Jeff Brown, 30 October, 2017 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks like it! I will ID
That looks like it! I will ID it to genus with a note as it being possibly C. castaneus. Thank you so much!
… Lisa Gonzalez, 31 October, 2017 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

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