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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Black Pachys (Pachybrachis Black Pachys) » Pachybrachis dilatatus
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black and orange Leaf Beetle - Pachybrachis dilatatus
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

black and orange Leaf Beetle - Pachybrachis dilatatus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
May 14, 2005
Also Cryptocephalus? I actually thought this was the same beetle as the previous posting, but after seeing the pictures...one has orange spots on the end and the other does not. (Found same time, same plant.)
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 May, 2005 - 6:44am
Last updated 24 March, 2016 - 1:48pm

Moved
Moved from Scriptured Leaf Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 24 March, 2016 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bassareus detritus.
… v belov, 1 July, 2011 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bassareus.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 September, 2008 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Bassareus detritus. This is t
Bassareus detritus. This is the only species in the genus that has an opaque pronotum.
… John Randall Watts, 3 September, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Both of these images
remind us of Bassareus mammifer in the guide.
… john and jane balaban, 8 January, 2006 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Well,
It is kind of hard to tell with these old G3 photos :). Anyway, I agree the coloring and general shape is the same, the only thing that worries me is that the pronotum seems to be a bit different in shape where it meets the Elytra.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 January, 2006 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers
Am moving to Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers
… Mike Quinn, 11 January, 2006 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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