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Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta
Copyright © 2014 S Moorman

Flea Beetle - Phyllotreta
La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
June 26, 2014
Size: ~2mm
Maybe Phyllotreta liebecki or P. robusta?

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Contributed by S Moorman on 21 July, 2014 - 3:34pm
Last updated 28 November, 2018 - 6:20am

Moved
Moved from Phyllotreta.
… Boris Büche, 28 November, 2018 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

references
safe, and good life image of male P. ochripes:
http://www.ahw.me/img/phyllotreta_ochripes15b.html

The elytral band usually just touches NOT apical margin, and suture in P. ochripes - it obviously touches suture here.
P. liebecki is not completely eliminated as a possibility, but compare typical shape of 5th male antennal segment:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1316076/
… Boris Büche, 6 April, 2017 - 2:41am login or register to post comments

May be a recent introduction
A similar, pale-legged Phyllotreta turned up on iNaturalist recently.

Keying with Smith (1985) revision revealed,that it is not identical with any of the N-Am. species, which all have the legs darker (as most of the Europeans as well). Also, 1st. antennal segment at least usually is blackened.

It seems to be identical with Phyllotreta ochripes (Curtis,1837), male antennal characters included.
… Boris Büche, 7 August, 2016 - 4:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you Boris 🙂
… S Moorman, 11 October, 2016 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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