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 Chrysomelidae --> Plateumaris sericea
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 23-05-2009 07:25
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Quite common in a nearby wet swamp/meadow, mostly on Iris pseudacorus and in cop. This is the clearest photo I managed; I ran it through the key in Joy (1932) - probably out of date but the only ref. I could find in my local library - and came up with D.thalassina. Can anyone confirm or correct me please. Devon, England; 22/5/2009. Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [100.24Kb] Edited by tim worfolk on 05-06-2009 06:53 |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 27-05-2009 11:34
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Plateumaris sericea s. str. (you were close). By s. str. I mean not discolor, with which sericea is periodically synonymised and reseparated. John Bratton |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 28-05-2009 06:28
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Many thanks John. I should know by now not to assume the genus - the more I know, the more I learn how little I know. Tim |
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