Short-Horned Leaf Beetle
 
Location: Calgary, AB
Date: June 26, 2009		                
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Short-Horned Leaf Beetle
Common Name:  Short-Horned Leaf Beetle

Latin Name:  Coleothorpa vittigera LeConte, 1861
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:  ~5 mm

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Various

Time of year seen: Summer

Diet: Plants and nectar

Other:  Adult Short-Horned Leaf Beetles are typically found on the shoots of  legumes.  In arid areas they tend to congregate on   nectar producing plants.  The Larva are know as casebearers as they surround themselves in cases made of debris and dung.  The larva are thought to live on or in the ground. (White, 1983)
 
         
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