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Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus schreibersii

Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus schreibersii
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 26, 2012
Size: 3.5mm
Found on white pine.

Cryptocephalus schreibersii Suffrain
Moved from Cryptocephalus tinctus. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom, a new species for my reference collection.

Note the furrowed appearance of the pronotum, which is distinctly punctured in C. tinctus. Host of Cryptocephalus schreibersii is recorded as Pinus.

 
Cryptocephalus schreibersii
Nice work Brad, thanks!

Moved