Cryptocephalus trivittatus

elytral vittae are brown instead of black, the lateral ones more or less disrupted - Fig. 50, C. trivitlatus Olivier; 51, C. cuneatus Fall Det. E. G. Riley 1983 one of the first Cryptocephalus species to be described for North America . Blatchley, in his 1385 page tome on the beetles of Indiana listed only one county (in northeastern IL) and date (July 30) for the species and stated that it was rare. . Blatchley (1924a, 1924b), after extensive field surveys and collection inspections listed only two locations for Florida. Brimley lists 2959 species of beetles (and 9566 species of insects total) for North Carolina, but C. trivittata is not among those listed. White reported only one specimen from Texas (College Station) which he wrote might be in error. (Note that the specimen posted here confirms the record that White doubted. Balsbaugh & Hays reported five specimens from three counties, up from one county reported by Loding Peck & Thomas report two n. Florida county records. Cavey reported only two specimens known to him from Maryland. Ciegler, in addition to her own field surveys, examined the specimens in 10 entomological collections (including the USNM) but only found eight collection localities for South Carolina. Clark et al., in their extensive review of North American chrysomelid literature, list only two references (90 years apart) concerning the host plants of C. trivittatus , namely Blatchley and Clark.