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Capraita? - Capraita
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Capraita? - Capraita
Box Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 4, 2018
Size: 5.5 mm
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
Coordinates: 31.799198, -110.798744

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 8 August, 2018 - 7:17pm
Last updated 5 November, 2018 - 3:32am

Moved
Moved from Capraita.
… Boris Büche, 5 November, 2018 - 3:32am login or register to post comments

No result either
Have safely excluded it is any of the Capraita, or Walterianella spp. listed for Mexico.

Might be undescribed species.
… Boris Büche, 5 September, 2018 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Next try
via MEX faunal list
… Boris Büche, 5 September, 2018 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

Keyed
. . . with Blake (1927) revision - no result!

Differs from durangoensis in basal margin of elytra black, transverse 4-spot-groups arranged in arcs, and sutural spot in posteriour half.

Most resembling C. spilonota (a Florida species)
… Boris Büche, 5 September, 2018 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Salvador Vitanza, 9 August, 2018 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

thinking C. durangoensis
you make me miss my Arizona roots :)
… Blaine Mathison, 8 August, 2018 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I love it here!
Bugs galore...
You're most likely right. I left it at genus level because I saw a couple of similar beetles left as Capraita:
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 August, 2018 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

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