About Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823)
Adults of Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823) are 6–7 mm long. They have yellow stripes on the thorax, and cross banding on the abdomen, with four longitudinal yellow stripes or spots on the fourth and fifth tergite. The yellow face lacks a complete median stripe. Males have holoptic eyes, while females have dichoptic eyes. Eggs are white, oval, and approximately 0.84 mm long. Fully grown larvae reach 8–9 mm in length; they have a bumpy texture and a slug-like shape. This species is distributed across most of the continental United States including New York State, Quebec in Canada, Bermuda, Mexico, parts of the Neotropical Americas, and the West Indies.
