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Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta liebecki

Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta liebecki
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 13, 2010
Size: 2.2mm

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Moved

robusta?
given the broader stripes, and that they reach the suture apically, I wonder if this one is not rather P. robusta LeConte?

 
good point, Tim --and good eye, too!
i would come to the same conclusion; the type specimen of P. robusta looks like a dead ringer, too.
will ask the Sensei to check this item.

 
and
perhaps this one too?

 
may well be the case...

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