Hyporhagus opaculus

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Seasonality: Active off and on between February and November

Distribution; California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas

Information: Found at night feeding on various Yucca species. Has been collected with ultraviolet lights, beat sheets and sweep nets. Often feeding in groups. 

Description: This tribe is completely different than the others, the members are rounded and smooth and resemble Chrysomelids. Body; greatly rounded and oval, black and sometimes light brown, appendages dark maroon to black and with many small shallow punctures, tarsi with fine, light orange setae. Pronotum half-moon shaped with the base width equal to the width of the elytral bases. Pronotum widest at base and slowly rounds off at the apex. Apex of pronotum largely curved (compared to mostly straight in Hyporhagus gilensis.) The degree of curvature may vary depending on how the specimen is viewed; this group tends to tuck its head inward which causes the pronotum to look more rounded. Pronotum also with many minute punctures. Lateral margins of pronotum slightly pronounced. Scutellum small but obvious Elytra slightly striated, curving down towards the apex of elytra. Also with many very small, shallow punctures arranged in rows. Dorsal surface of head often mostly hidden, covered in many small, shallow punctures. Ventral surface of abdomen mostly smooth and shiny, but with many small, shallow punctures. Ventral surface of head with small, slightly more obvious punctures.