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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Confluentus group (Cryptocephalus Confluentus group) » Cryptocephalus spurcus
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Small brown beetles - Cryptocephalus spurcus
Copyright © 2006 Peter Bryant

Small brown beetles - Cryptocephalus spurcus
Top of the World, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
August 27, 2006
Size: ~5mm
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 25 November, 2006 - 11:02am
Last updated 8 July, 2008 - 10:00pm

Moved
Moved from The Casebearers.
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2008 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

Cryptocephalus spurcus spurcu
Cryptocephalus spurcus spurcus. The vague and indistinct vittae are characteristic.
… John Randall Watts, 8 July, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
How is andrewsi ruled out?
They seem so similar and to my eyes the two species overlap in pattern:
… James Bailey, 18 September, 2016 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

 
Vittae
Thanks! I had to look up vittae!
… Peter Bryant, 9 July, 2008 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

We have some similar images in the guide
under Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers here, but there are so many leaf beetles!!
… john and jane balaban, 25 November, 2006 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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