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Chrysolina (Chrysolina) bankii - Chrysolina bankii
Copyright © 2020 Art Evans

Chrysolina (Chrysolina) bankii - Chrysolina bankii
vic. of 42nd Street parking area, James River Park System, City of Richmond County, Virginia, USA
October 2, 2020
Size: 9.5 mm
This specimen was collected in a Malaise trap. I suspect that it is Chrysolina bankii (Fabricius) and will be submit it soon to a chrysomelid expert for confirmation.

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Chrysolina (Chrysolina) bankii - Chrysolina bankii Chrysolina bankii
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Contributed by Art Evans on 2 October, 2020 - 4:31pm
Last updated 8 November, 2020 - 11:34pm

I think I have one of these i
I think I have one of these in my collection! Aren't they a new introduction to the eastern US?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 6 September, 2021 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from cf. bankii, East Coast.
… v belov, 8 November, 2020 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

thanks!
… v belov, 2 October, 2020 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
You bet!
You bet! Shawn Clark thinks all of the images of Virginia beetles are probably Chrysolina bankii.
… Art Evans, 2 October, 2020 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysolina bankii
All Virginia photos of Chrysolina cf. bankii currently on BugGuide have been confirmed by Shawn Clark as C. bankii.
… Art Evans, 24 October, 2020 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

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