Acalymma vittata - Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma gouldi - BugGuide.Net

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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

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

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

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

Which sp?

Was this ever settled? Should it be moved?

… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2009 - 4:57pm

Acalymma gouldi

yes, please move it to Acalymma gouldi...

… Rob Westerduijn, 6 August, 2009 - 6:37pm

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