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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) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Chrysomelina » Chrysomela » Subgenus Macrolina (Chrysomela Subgenus Macrolina) » Chrysomela confluens
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leaf beetles - Chrysomela confluens - male - female
Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

leaf beetles - Chrysomela confluens - Male Female
Sunol Regional Park, Sunol, Alameda County, California, USA
May 13, 2005

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 17 January, 2006 - 3:19am
Last updated 3 September, 2008 - 3:01am

Moved
Moved from Chrysomela.
… Joyce Gross, 3 September, 2008 - 3:01am login or register to post comments

I'm thinking this is C. confl
I'm thinking this is C. confluens as it fits the couplet stating that the elytra are virtually dichromatic; either entirely deep blue or blue-green or pale and maculate with the standard pattern.
… John Randall Watts, 2 September, 2008 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
ok
thanks John -- I'll go with that. There's a photo at the SBMNH that matches the patterned male fairly well. (I know Chrysomela can show a lot of variation within a species ... I guess it's good I got two at once that are different colors.)
… Joyce Gross, 3 September, 2008 - 3:12am login or register to post comments

 
I noticed with the type speci
I noticed with the type specimen you had a link to that the dark markings have a metallic blue sheen to them so that adds to the confirmation of what it likely is.
… John Randall Watts, 5 September, 2008 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Chrysomela sp. ??
Am moving...
… Mike Quinn, 22 January, 2006 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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