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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Coptocycla » Anacua Tortoise Beetle (Coptocycla texana)

Species Coptocycla texana - Anacua Tortoise Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Tortoise beetle - Coptocycla texana Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana - male - female Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer) - Coptocycla texana Anacua beetle - Coptocycla texana Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana Anacua tortoise beetle - Coptocycla texana Anacua tortoise beetle - Coptocycla texana - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Cassidini (Tortoise Beetles)
Genus Coptocycla
Species texana (Anacua Tortoise Beetle)
Other Common Names
ATB
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coptocycla (Psalidonota) texana (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Psalidonota texana Schaeffer 1933
Explanation of Names
Common name refers to its host.
Numbers
1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
Range
c. TX to ne Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)
Season
Year round (3)
Food
Restricted to Anacua - Ehretia anacua (Boraginaceae) (4)
Life Cycle
larvae feed communally on the underside of the leaves.
The larvae carry their frass:
Remarks
Fairly common in southmost Texas, the damage they leave behind (leaf holes) can be ubiquitous (MAQ, pers. obs.)
Print References
Schaeffer, C., 1933. Notes on some Hispini and Cassidini and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 9: 103-109.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2007
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 20 June, 2007 - 1:01pm
Last updated 29 May, 2019 - 1:55pm

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