# Graphops comosa

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***Graphops comosa***, known generally as the **Monahans sandhill chrysomelid** or **long-haired graphops**, is a species of [leaf beetle](/source/Leaf_beetle).[2][3][4][5] It is found in southeast [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico) and the adjacent region of [Texas](/source/Texas).[5]

Adult beetles of *G. comosa* have the heaviest pubescence of any in the genus. Their coarse white hairs entirely conceal the punctuation on the [elytra](/source/Elytron), giving the beetles a grayish appearance similar to that of *[Glyptoscelis](/source/Glyptoscelis)* species. The specific name, *comosa*, is [Latin](/source/Latin) for "with long hair".[5]

## References

1. Blake, D. H. (1955). ["A study of LeConte's species of the chrysomelid genus *Graphops* with descriptions of some new species"](https://archive.org/details/bulletinofmuseum113harv). *[Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology](/source/Bulletin_of_the_Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology)*. **113** (4): 263–301.

1. ["*Graphops comosa* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=720859). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

1. ["*Graphops comosa* species details"](http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/9abd5f7f518049330b329608c5343eb2). *Catalogue of Life*. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

1. ["*Graphops comosa*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1047830). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

1. ["*Graphops comosa* Species Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/253417). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

## Further reading

- Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) (2013). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea*. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.

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