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flea beetle? - Lema opulenta
Copyright © 2010 Jared Ripple

flea beetle? - Lema opulenta
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA
May 19, 2010
Size: 4 mm
flea beetle?
Contributed by Jared Ripple on 20 May, 2010 - 11:08am
Last updated 23 April, 2018 - 4:25pm

Moved tentatively; looks like a very good match
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 20 May, 2010 - 2:49pm

 
ID confimed by E.G. Riley: Lema opulenta Harold
his comment: "The elytral pattern is a little variable."
… v belov, 20 May, 2010 - 4:34pm

Not a flea beetle
It is a criocerine, most resembling Lema opulenta Gemminger & Harold.
… Michael C. Thomas, 20 May, 2010 - 11:51am

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