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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Luperini » Diabroticina » Section Diabroticites » Cucumber Beetles (Acalymma) » Acalymma gouldi
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Acalymma vittata - Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma gouldi
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Acalymma vittata - Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma gouldi
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 31, 2006
Size: 1/3 inch
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 29 December, 2006 - 1:19pm
Last updated 19 August, 2013 - 5:04pm

Thanks
Moved from Striped Cucumber Beetle.
I created the page and moved it. First one of this species.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2009 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

Acalymma gouldi
I think this is actually the closely related species Acalymma gouldi
The abdomen looks yellow in your specimen.
from the key in Downy and Arnett:
Abdomen black; elytral carinae 2,3 and 4 yellow > A. vittatum
Abdomen pale; elytra carinae 2 and 3 yellow > A. gouldi
… Rob Westerduijn, 7 November, 2007 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
This is interesting-now I'll
This is interesting-now I'll have to hunt down more of these to make sure--but now it has to wait for spring!....

Thanks! ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 11 November, 2007 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
Which sp?
Was this ever settled? Should it be moved?
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2009 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Acalymma gouldi
yes, please move it to Acalymma gouldi...
… Rob Westerduijn, 6 August, 2009 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

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