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Rosinweed Leaf Miner

Microrhopala laetula

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) indoxity, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 5, February 5, March 8, April 14, May 23, June 28, July 7, August 8, September 9, October 7, November 5, December 4.
United States175
Illinois105
Canada30
Ontario30
Michigan23
Kansas16
Iowa11
Missouri9
Wisconsin4
Nebraska3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusMicrorhopala

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rosinweed Leaf Miner with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.