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Calligrapha? - Cryptocephalus calidus
Copyright © 2014 Chad Heins

Calligrapha? - Cryptocephalus calidus
Unimin Prairie near Kasota, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA
July 17, 2014
Size: 3-4mm
Found while sweeping.

I could not find anything in the Guide that had the white pattern on the pronotum.

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Calligrapha? - Cryptocephalus calidus Calligrapha? - Cryptocephalus calidus
Contributed by Chad Heins on 22 July, 2014 - 7:13am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 22 July, 2014 - 7:35am

Cryptocephalus calidus
the threadlike antennae & cylindrical body rule out Calligrapha and that subfamily in general and narrow the options down to Cryptocephalinae
state abbreviations do not belong in the City field; pls correct
… v belov, 22 July, 2014 - 7:25am

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