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Chrysomela populi
Red body; black head.
Remote hilly area. Foothills of the Himalayas. Roadside vegetation.
Spotted on Jun 5, 2016
Submitted on Jun 12, 2016
3 Comments
Thank you, bayucca. Your ID fits well.
According to http://www.agriculturejournals.cz/public...
"... In the Oriental Region, the range of distribution of C. populi reaches
India (Chandel, Verma 1998; Thakur 1999, etc.).
Might be Chrysomela populi?? Not really sure. Maybe you check if reported from India. There might be other species around. Genus seems to be correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomela...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomela...
Looks like Chrysomelidae.