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Shiny Flea Beetle

Asphaera lustrans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 131, February 125, March 142, April 270, May 219, June 149, July 109, August 100, September 97, October 102, November 123, December 119.
United States2,496
Texas1,487
Louisiana319
Georgia163
Mississippi140
Alabama85
Oklahoma78
South Carolina72
North Carolina58
Mexico11

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
GenusAsphaera

Sources

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