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Case-bearing Leaf Beetle - Pachybrachis atomarius - female

Case-bearing Leaf Beetle - Pachybrachis atomarius - Female
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 2, 2013

Pachybrachis atomarius Melsheimer
Moved from Scriptured Leaf Beetles. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

 
looks like a little better match for P. peccans that automarius
Can you re-run it through Barney et al's (2013)(1) key? Thanks much!

 
I still believe it is P. atomarius
P. peccans has a distinct ocular line, which is absent in this specimen. This is a female specimen, which is why we do not see the yellow face characteristic of male P. atomarius.

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