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Flea Beetle - Capraita obsidiana
Copyright © 2013 S Moorman

Flea Beetle - Capraita obsidiana
Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
October 16, 2013
Size: 4.5mm
First South Carolina record for BG

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Contributed by S Moorman on 21 October, 2013 - 7:21am
Last updated 6 April, 2015 - 9:17pm

J.C. Ciegler says, "I'd call it Capraita obsidiana (Fab.).
"It's not exactly typical, but that name fits it best."

Moved from Capraita.
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
Subspecies?
So, it is probably one of the subspecies of obisidiana?
… S Moorman, 21 October, 2013 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

 
do they have subspecies?
would be a surprise, frankly; i wouldn't expect a winged alticine to have subspecies... could you refer me to any sources?
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
Okay
My mistake. On the species info page it says that there are 16 species n. of Mexico so I thought that was referring to subspecies of this species. Thanks for all your help!
… S Moorman, 21 October, 2013 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
yeah that was indeed confusing --deleted
sometimes these stats end up on wrong pages
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
:)
… S Moorman, 21 October, 2013 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

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