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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) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Mesomphaliini » Chelymorpha » Chelymorpha phytophagica
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Coccinellidae - Chelymorpha phytophagica
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

Coccinellidae - Chelymorpha phytophagica
Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 4, 2006
Size: ~5-7mm
Found this largish "Ladybird" Beetle and tried to ID it through the guide. Looked through all the pages and didn't find one like it - beginning to think it may not be a Coccinellid - Can someone help.

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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 18 September, 2006 - 6:36pm
Last updated 15 December, 2011 - 2:48pm

Moved
Moved from Chelymorpha.
… Ed Riley, 15 December, 2011 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

I wonder if it's one of these:
Chelymorpha
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 September, 2006 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Hannah,
I think you've nailed it. Looks like the ones referred to as C. cassidea. Beginning to learn beetles a little better - at least I was suspicious of calling it a ladybird beetle for sure. It would be interesting to see C. phytophagica. Sooner or later we'll see it show up on Bugguide!
… Bob Beatson, 18 September, 2006 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I have a number of specimens
I have a number of specimens of C. phytophagica from Madera Cyn and other nearby localities (identified by Art Gilbert), and they look like this one. Most do have more spots than yours, but yours fall within the range of spots as determined by A. Gilbert.

I looked in some of the old literature and C. phytophagica was previously considered an Arizona subspecies of C. cassidea (which ranged farther east.
… Dennis Haines, 8 August, 2008 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Dennis - Assuming the beetle gods have erected phytophagica to species status I'll go with that - sounds reasonable, C. cassidea mostly represented from states far to the east.
… Bob Beatson, 8 August, 2008 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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