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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) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Charidotella » Subgenus Chaerocassis (Charidotella Subgenus Chaerocassis) » Charidotella purpurata
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Charidotella purpurata
Copyright © 2010 Rich Kelly

Charidotella purpurata
Hurd Corners, Dutchess County, New York, USA
May 7, 2010
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 8 May, 2010 - 10:58am
Last updated 8 May, 2010 - 12:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 May, 2010 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

Not an ID, just an observation...
It looks a bit like Charidotella purpurata



But looks can be deceiving, so be sure to wait for expert confirmation/correction.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 May, 2010 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

 
Yup
right again, Ken.
… Blaine Mathison, 8 May, 2010 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
The two seem so similar. Wha
The two seem so similar. What's the difference - spots versus no spots? I seem to see the one without spots quite a lot, but it seems to be much more the unusual of the two in BG so I'm confused.
… Rich Kelly, 8 May, 2010 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

 
I think a good character is whether
the elytra are clouded next to the humeri (purpurata) or not (sexpunctata)
… Skip Blanchard, 8 May, 2010 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Are you just humering me with
Are you just humering me with this reply? (You knew that this had to be coming.)
… Rich Kelly, 8 May, 2010 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
I find them confusing, too...
especially given that the "spotted" species (sexpunctata) doesn't always have spots--or can have them and then lose them! That's why I made an observation, and not an ID. Evidently, this time I got lucky. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 May, 2010 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

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