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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) » Systena
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Small, thin brown beetle/soldier? - Systena
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Small, thin brown beetle/soldier? - Systena
Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
August 17, 2006
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 18 August, 2006 - 12:21am
Last updated 1 October, 2006 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Stephen_WV, 1 October, 2006 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Systena sp
this is a species in the genus Systena. Colours are generally variable. This seems a very light induvidual. Although very dull coloured it seems to have a straith stripe; not waved like in Phyllotreta. Size would have been handy...
… Rob Westerduijn, 1 October, 2006 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you much
That's a lot to get from a mediocre photo.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 October, 2006 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Chrysomelidae.
This is a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Judging by the enlarged hind femora, it is in the "flea beetle" subfamily.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 August, 2006 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I believe that's the first I've seen. And I saw another today. Must be seasonal!
… Ron Hemberger, 18 August, 2006 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome, ...
Leaf beetles are often tied to one particular host plant, so looking on the kind of plant where you saw the first one may yield more specimens. Plants vary in their toxicity, also, so you might go through plant after plant after plant without finding one beetle, and then find a whole bunch on one individual plant.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 August, 2006 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I think this was on sycamore and will pay more attention in the future. The other was on an exotic bush in an arboretum.

(Written a month later) Saw another in the same area,
… Ron Hemberger, 18 August, 2006 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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