Elytra (sing: elytron) are modified, hardened forewings of certain insect orders, notably beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Hemiptera).
They primarily serve as protection for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. In some cases, the elytra are fused together, rendering the insect flightless.
Elytra pale yellow (darker in overwintering form) with broad fl stripe extending from humerus nearly to apex, also usually with short subscutellar stripe; elytra without darkened suture or subsutural stripe; aedeagus short, thick; apex asymmetrical, point to the right side; 6.0-6.5 mm.
Elytra entirely dark or pale, maculate, or vittate; if vittate, then 3rd antennal segment is little longer than 2nd, 2nd and 3rd together not so long as 4th; protibiae without apical spurs in male, female with spurs, outer edges of tibiae more or less carinate.....
Elytra with lateral and sutural margins orange-yellow, disc coarsely punctate and either entirely fl, or fl apically with basal indications of 3 fl vittae per elytron.....
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