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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Venustus group (Cryptocephalus Venustus group) » Cryptocephalus venustus
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Sunflower Beetle? - Cryptocephalus venustus
Copyright © 2008 BeeBee

Sunflower Beetle? - Cryptocephalus venustus
Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
July 5, 2006
Size: 8-10 mm
Found on blackberry leaves. No behaviors observed.
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Contributed by BeeBee on 27 July, 2008 - 9:40pm
Last updated 8 August, 2013 - 6:30pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus venustus venustus. Deleted the subspecies page
… john and jane balaban, 8 August, 2013 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus.
… v belov, 28 January, 2010 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Cryptocephalus venustus F., i suppose
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… v belov, 20 September, 2009 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… John R. Maxwell, 1 November, 2008 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Cryptocephalus gib
Looks like Cryptocephalus gibbicollis gibbicollis or C. venustus venustus but the couplet in the key to the genus requires knowing whether the prosternum has a stout spine or V-shaped lobe or nothing at all. Any shots of the underside? Both species occur in your area.
… John Randall Watts, 11 August, 2008 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
No other photos
Sorry Mr. Watts. School started and I was so busy that my bug interests went by the wayside. I don't have any pics of this beetle's underside. I didn't realize that it would be important to identifying: I'm a novice. Thanks for teaching me something new.
… R Banet, 15 September, 2009 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be something in the genus
Cryptocephalus. We'll move it to the Chrysomelidae where John Watts may give you an ID
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2008 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I appreciate it.
… BeeBee, 27 July, 2008 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

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