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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 » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Oedionychis Genus Group » Capraita » Capraita nigrosignata
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Cool flea beetle... - Capraita nigrosignata
Copyright © 2008 Mike Quinn

Cool flea beetle... - Capraita nigrosignata
Village of San Leanna (south Austin), Travis County, Texas, USA
July 23, 2008
Shot at lights, in a small mesic area...
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 July, 2008 - 7:13pm
Last updated 22 July, 2017 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from Capraita.
… Mike Quinn, 2 August, 2008 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Capraita.
… Mike Quinn, 28 July, 2008 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Capraita
a species of Capraita. Don´t think it is in the guide yet. John Watts has keyed out several. Hope he sees it.
… Rob Westerduijn, 28 July, 2008 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
Most likely C. nigrosignata...
There are seven spp of Capraita in Texas (1). Based on the photos here or on University websites elsewhere or by the specific epithet, I think it's safe to eliminate all but C. flavida [NM, TX] and C. nigrosignata [LA, TX / Mex].

Flav means yellow and nigrosignata means black marked (2). While the background color is indeed yellow, it seems more likely that the specific name should call out the black spots, thus this beetle most likely is C. nigrosignata...
… Mike Quinn, 2 August, 2008 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

 
Upon further investigation...
C. nigrosignata hosts on:
Teucrium canadense L. - Canada germander (1)
which is in abundance around my black light set up area...
… Mike Quinn, 2 August, 2008 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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