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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Oedionychis Genus Group » Kuschelina » Kuschelina gibbitarsa
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Unknown hoppers mating - Kuschelina gibbitarsa - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Lee Ruth

Unknown hoppers mating - Kuschelina gibbitarsa - Male Female
Cass County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2008
Size: 1/8 inch
These tiny little beetles are shiny, hard shelled, and usually appear to be black and re. The black appears iridescent green or blue when the sunlight hits them just right. They hop at little or no provocation.
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Contributed by Lee Ruth on 29 April, 2008 - 4:41pm
Last updated 26 August, 2008 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from Kuschelina gibbosa.
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2008 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Please move to correct spelli
Please move to correct spelling of species name.
… John Randall Watts, 26 August, 2008 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2008 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

This is Kuschelina gibbitarsa. H
This is Kuschelina gibbitarsa. Host is Teucrium sp.
… John Randall Watts, 4 July, 2008 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 5:24am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but looks a lot like the Kuschelina sp. flea beetles...

… Ken Schneider, 29 April, 2008 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the info. It certainly does resemble the species you suggested.

Lee
… Lee Ruth, 7 May, 2008 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

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