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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Altica Genus Group » Altica
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Leaf Beetle? - Altica
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Leaf Beetle? - Altica
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
April 7, 2006
Size: Aprox. 5mm
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 7 May, 2006 - 4:37pm
Last updated 31 December, 2006 - 9:56pm

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 31 December, 2006 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

sure looks like it
from general body shape, antennae, plus what little I can see of the left front tarsus.
… Ethan Friedman, 8 May, 2006 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

 
leaf beetle
Thanks!
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 8 May, 2006 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
Alticini most likely.
Looks like one of the "flea beetles" in the tribe Alticini (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucellinae). Nice shot!
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 May, 2006 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
flea Beetle
Thanks Eric.
I saw those fat hind legs.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 8 May, 2006 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Altica sp
This is a species in the genus Altica
… Rob Westerduijn, 31 December, 2006 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

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