[Adastra] Mystery beetle

[Peter J Hodge]

Sarah,

Your beetle is Cassida vittasta which in Britain is mainly a coastal 
species..  The only similar species in this country, Cassida nobilis, has 
the hind angles of the pronotum more rounded.

Peter Hodge.

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From: "SARAH PATTON" <house.mouse at btopenworld.com>
To: "Adastra" <adastra at lists.sxbrc.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:48 PM
Subject: [Adastra] Mystery beetle


> Anyone put a genus, let alone a species to this one?
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>  Sarah
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