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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) » Phyllotreta » Phyllotreta liebecki
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Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta liebecki
Copyright © 2006 Andy Daun

Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta liebecki
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 20, 2006
Size: ~3 mm
Some of the Capraita species in the guide have similar coloration, but different patterns. Hard to get a good image; they jump away if you get too close.
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Contributed by Andy Daun on 3 June, 2006 - 6:24pm
Last updated 3 July, 2011 - 2:37pm

probably Phyllotreta liebecki Schaeffer --det. S.M. Clark
"...although it is difficult to know for sure from this view."

Moved tentatively from Striped Flea Beetle.
… v belov, 2 May, 2011 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phyllotreta.
… v belov, 11 May, 2009 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

A google search for flea beet
A google search for flea beetles shows a color/pattern match for Phyllotreta. Moved to guide.
… Andy Daun, 8 July, 2006 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

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