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What

Unequal Tortoise Beetle (Sumitrosis inaequalis)

Observer

kristendiesburg

Date

May 2020

Place

Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Description

First time IDing this group. Got to genus Sumitrosis using "Revision of the Tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico. I. Genus Xenochalepus Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3999261?seq=1

I'm about 85% sure this is S. inaequalis, not S. ancoroides, based on key and species descriptions in "Revision of the Tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico IV. Genus Sumitrosis Butte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" at https://www.jstor.org/stable/25006143?seq=1

If you think otherwise, please let me know why. I'd like to learn.

Edit: beetle was found on clover

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