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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) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Section Scelidites » Scelida » Scelida nigricornis
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Leaf beetle - Scelida nigricornis
Copyright © 2020 Salvador Vitanza

Leaf beetle - Scelida nigricornis
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 26, 2020
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 28 July, 2020 - 10:33am
Last updated 4 March, 2022 - 8:58am

Moved
Moved from Luperini.
… margarethe brummermann, 4 March, 2022 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

I sent this to Ed Riley for help
He says it's an uncommon pale form of Scelida nigricornis, normally the elytra are metallic blue-green.
… margarethe brummermann, 4 March, 2022 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I photographed
and identified Scelida nigricornis before, but I couldn't recognize this one. Thank you Margarethe!
… Salvador Vitanza, 4 March, 2022 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… v belov, 28 July, 2020 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

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