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Chelymorpha cassidea? - Chelymorpha
Copyright © 2011 cwmelton

Chelymorpha cassidea? - Chelymorpha
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 23, 2011
Size: Length 10 mm.
On wild grape.
Contributed by cwmelton on 23 August, 2011 - 6:45pm
Last updated 19 July, 2021 - 1:10pm

Moved
Moved from Argus Tortoise Beetle.
… Mike Quinn, 19 July, 2021 - 1:10pm

Why not C. phytophagica?
all the adults are ided as such. But I must admit I'm not sure about the difference. Number of spots on the pronotum?
… margarethe brummermann, 23 October, 2014 - 1:16am

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
… John S. Ascher, 17 October, 2014 - 11:06pm

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