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Bean Leaf Beetle

Cerotoma trifurcata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 27, February 28, March 44, April 86, May 164, June 77, July 58, August 64, September 55, October 45, November 28, December 25.
United States3,499
Canada835
Ontario689
Illinois480
Ohio412
Indiana406
Kentucky273
Missouri239
Michigan216
Virginia201

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
GenusCerotoma

Sources

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