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Chrysophtharta? - Paropsisterna m-fuscum

Chrysophtharta? - Paropsisterna m-fuscum
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
July 23, 2014
Size: ~6mm
Found on a sunflower leaf.

Chrysophtharta m-fuscum is the closest match I have found.

First found in SC in July 2012.
Clemson article: Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle

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Chrysophtharta? - Paropsisterna m-fuscum Chrysophtharta? - Paropsisterna m-fuscum Chrysophtharta? - Paropsisterna m-fuscum

ID confirmed by S.M. Clark: Paropsisterna m-fuscum
it's the correct combination currently used; i'll update the pages. =v=

must be it... interesting
Moved from Beetles.

 
Rick Hoebeke says:
"How about that? I didn’t know this species was in the Southeast. News to me. Have never run into it in the field… anywhere. How cool!"

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