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Mesquite Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus maccus
Copyright © 2009 Michael J. Plagens

Mesquite Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus maccus
French Creek, Bradshaw Mts., Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
May 24, 2009
Size: 5mm
A number of these case-bearers were beaten from new foliage of mesquite, Prosopis velutina.
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Contributed by Michael J. Plagens on 25 May, 2009 - 12:09pm
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 11:22pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus.
… margarethe brummermann, 1 July, 2009 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

This is Cryptocephalus maccus
This is Cryptocephalus maccus, described by White in 1968. The distinguishing characters are: pronotum with longitudinal vittae and a lateral dark spot that often joins the adjacent vitta; and the elytra with a common, submedian, transverse undulating band that attains the lateral margin. Closely related to the eastern C. bivius but what little host data there is recorded has been from mesquite. As is typical of the genus the immatures are unknown. Most specimens have been collected in June.
… John Randall Watts, 1 June, 2009 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

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