clay-colored leaf beetle
(Anomoea laticlavia)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
Clay-colored leaf beetle is a relatively large leaf beetle. The body is stout and broad, nearly cylindrical from front to back. The head and thoracic shield (pronotum) are reddish-brown. The hardened wing covers (elytra) are reddish-yellow usually with a conspicuous black marking where the elytra meet. The width of the marking is highly variable, from none or a thin line line down the center to a broad ribbon covering more than half of the elytra. The antennae are short and sawtoothed. The eyes are large and black. |
Size |
Total length: ¼″ to ⅜″ |
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Habitat |
Shrubby fields, savannas |
Biology |
Season |
April to August, but mostly June |
Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
The larvae are known as case-bearers. They protect themselves by living in a case created from their own excrement and sometimes also plant debris. The case is shorter than the larva, which is folded within it. |
Larva Food |
Larvae feed on the ground, consuming decomposing plant and animal parts (detritus). |
Adult Food |
Leaves of plants in the pea (Fabaceae) family, bush clover, oak, willow, persimmon, honey locust, ragweed, and leadplant. |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Coleoptera (beetles) |
Suborder |
Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles) |
Infraorder |
Cucujiformia |
Superfamily |
Chrysomeloidea (leaf beetles and allies) |
Family |
Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles) |
Subfamily |
Clytrinae (case-bearing leaf beetles) |
Tribe |
Clytrini |
Subtribe |
Clytrina |
Genus |
Anomoea |
Subordinate Taxa |
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clay-colored leaf beetle (Anomoea laticlavia ssp. angustata) clay-colored leaf beetle (Anomoea laticlavia ssp. laticlavia) |
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Common Names |
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clay-colored leaf beetle |
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Glossary
Elytra
The hardened or leathery forewings of beetles used to protect the fragile hindwings, which are used for flying. Singular: elytron.
Pronotum
The exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
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Clay-colored Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae: Anomoea aticlavia) |
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Published on Jul 8, 201 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (07 July 2010). |
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Lance Hendrix |
Location: Sylvania Georgia destroyed my persimmon trees. 😡 |
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| Alfredo Colon 6/18/2018 |
Location: Woodbury, Minnesota |
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