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Small, dark and shiny - Chrysolina bankii
Copyright © 2009 Ruth Gravanis

Small, dark and shiny - Chrysolina bankii
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
October 10, 2009
Size: <1/2 inch
Seen on wild radish, noonish

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Contributed by Ruth Gravanis on 11 October, 2009 - 12:11am
Last updated 11 January, 2010 - 7:39pm

Chrysolina banksi -- E.G. Riley det.
an Old World species recently established in the SF Bay area.
… v belov, 11 January, 2010 - 7:39pm

 
Chrysolina banksi
Thanks so much for your diligence.
… Ruth Gravanis, 11 January, 2010 - 10:14pm

Moved
Moved from Chrysolina.
… v belov, 7 January, 2010 - 8:15pm

extorris vs schaefferi?
Cali beetle dbase lists 5 spp., of which i know, and can rule out, three [all non-native]

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 October, 2009 - 1:03am

 
I agree, the three non-native spp.
look very different.
I'm not really familiar with these, but C. schaefferi has blue elytra and dark legs, so probably extorris. I'll put this on my list of things to look at.
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 January, 2010 - 10:00pm

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