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Moon-marked Leaf Beetle

Calligrapha lunata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, May 3, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States61
Massachusetts14
Canada10
New York10
North Dakota9
Saskatchewan6
New Hampshire4
Connecticut3
New Jersey3
Maine3

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
GenusCalligrapher Beetles · Calligrapha

Sources

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