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Zygogramma tortuosa
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Copyright © 2013
john and jane balaban
Small leaf beetle -
Zygogramma tortuosa
Franklin Mtn State Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
July 30, 2013
We thought this was going to be tortuosa but seems to have more color on the elytra so we gave up.
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Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 23 August, 2013 - 9:01pm
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 2:22pm
Blaine noticed that we had originally posted these incorrectly
as Arizona. Does it help now that we have corrected them to Texas?
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john and jane balaban
, 26 August, 2013 - 1:15pm
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Zygogramma tortuosa or Z. malvae --det. S.M. Clark
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v belov
, 26 August, 2013 - 12:47pm
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probably not Z. malvae as the
probably not Z. malvae as the pronotum is not dark with metallic reflections. I'd go with tortuosa. As of the present, the host plant hasn't been published for this species and is certainly a composite.
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John Randall Watts
, 13 March, 2024 - 9:12am
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