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Cryptocephalus schreibersii
Photo#717987
Copyright © 2012
tom murray
Leaf Beetle -
Cryptocephalus schreibersii
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 26, 2012
Size: 3.5mm
Found on white pine.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 26 October, 2012 - 9:53pm
Last updated 22 December, 2017 - 12:44pm
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.
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Brad Barnd
, 31 July, 2013 - 9:54pm
Cryptocephalus schreibersii
Nice work Brad, thanks!
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tom murray
, 31 July, 2013 - 10:13pm
Moved
Moved from
Case-bearing Leaf Beetles
.
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v belov
, 27 October, 2012 - 12:07am