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Grape Colaspis (Colaspis brunnea) At porch lights near an overgrown backyard habitat in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 20, 2018.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65431/grape_colaspis_colaspis_brunnea.html" title="Grape Colaspis (Colaspis brunnea)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/65431_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=M1%2Bs4zrVHKcRrVaaZmtcKMW%2FeA4%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Grape Colaspis (Colaspis brunnea) At porch lights near an overgrown backyard habitat in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 20, 2018.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65430/id_help_appreciated_-_coleoptera.html<br /> <br /> From &quot;Costate species of Colaspis in the United States,&quot; the key points to C. brunnea having a metallic margin on prothorax and elytra. C. hespera does not have these margins. Colaspis,Colaspis brunnea,Geotagged,Insecta,Summer,United States,beetle,beetles,coleoptera,insect" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> From &quot;Costate species of Colaspis in the United States,&quot; the key points to C. brunnea having a metallic margin on prothorax and elytra. C. hespera does not have these margins. Colaspis,Colaspis brunnea,Geotagged,Summer,United States,beetle,beetles,coleoptera,insect,insecta Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Grape Colaspis (Colaspis brunnea)

At porch lights near an overgrown backyard habitat in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 20, 2018.

Grape Colaspis (Colaspis brunnea) At porch lights near an overgrown backyard habitat in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 20, 2018.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65430/id_help_appreciated_-_coleoptera.html<br /> <br /> From "Costate species of Colaspis in the United States," the key points to C. brunnea having a metallic margin on prothorax and elytra. C. hespera does not have these margins. Colaspis,Colaspis brunnea,Geotagged,Insecta,Summer,United States,beetle,beetles,coleoptera,insect


From "Costate species of Colaspis in the United States," the key points to C. brunnea having a metallic margin on prothorax and elytra. C. hespera does not have these margins.

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  1. View Pudding4brains's profile
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    Never attempted these but from what I have at my disposal it would seem that it quickly becomes a gentialia job ...

    Blake, D.H. (1974) The costate species of Colaspis in the United States (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). - Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, vol.181, pp.1-24.
    https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5252/SCtZ-0181-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

    Blake, D.H. (1976) The Brown Semicostate and Costate Species of Colaspis in Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) - Technical Bulletin No. 1534
    http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/158105/2/tb1534.pdf

    Chapin, J.B. (1979) A review of the Louisiana species of colaspis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). - The Coleopterists Bulletin vol.33, pp.445-450.
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/4000079

    Distinguishing Colaspis louisianae Blake and C. brunnea (F.)
    http://lsuinsects.org/research/colaspis_louisianae/

     Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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      Thank you so much! I will just leave it at Colaspis sp. if that is the case! Posted 7 years ago
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      From "Costate species of Colaspis in the United States," the key points to C. brunnea having a metallic margin on prothorax and elytra. This individual definitely has those! Posted 7 years ago

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The Grape colaspis

''Colaspis brunnea'', the grape colaspis, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

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Uploaded Aug 22, 2018. Captured Aug 20, 2018 00:04 in 101 Earl St, Plainville, GA 30733, USA.
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  • ISO400
  • 60mm
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