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Encelia Leaf Beetle

Trirhabda geminata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 17, February 14, March 15, April 77, May 35, June 13, July 18, August 12, September 15, October 15, November 19, December 15.
United States280
California184
Arizona94
Mexico8
Baja California7
Nevada2
Durango1

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
GenusTrirhabda

Sources

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