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Tortoise beetle - Gratiana pallidula
Copyright © 2012 Sheryl Smith-Rodgers

Tortoise beetle - Gratiana pallidula
Blanco, Blanco County, Texas, USA
November 3, 2012
This doesn't look like a Plagiometriona clavata. Any ideas? I will link a photo of the larvae I also found on the silverleaf nightshade (which I'd already submitted but now I have an adult).
Contributed by Sheryl Smith-Rodgers on 3 November, 2012 - 7:33pm
Last updated 17 November, 2012 - 10:52am

Moved tentatively; Ken must be right
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 November, 2012 - 6:03pm

Maybe Gratiana pallidula?


Not an ID; just a possibility to consider while waiting for an expert opinion.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 November, 2012 - 7:37pm

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