Tribe Ischyrosonychini

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Geiger tortoise beetle - Physonota calochroma

tortoise beetle larvae - Physonota helianthi

Iridescent tortoise beetle - Physonota calochroma

Interesting big tortoise beetle - Physonota arizonae

Physonota alutacea larvae, early instar - Physonota alutacea

Weird bugs in my Geiger - Physonota calochroma

tortoise beetle? - Physonota unipunctata

Physonota alutacea Boheman - Physonota alutacea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)

Tribe Ischyrosonychini

Numbers

One genus, Physonota, and five species in North America (1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 19 June, 2007 - 10:52am

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