Genus Deloyala

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata

Small metallic beetle - Deloyala guttata

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 Cassidini (Tortoise Beetles)

Genus Deloyala

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This genus needs a thorough revision (1)

Numbers

Seven species are presently recognized in the New World (1)

Three species north of Mexico (2)

Range

D. guttata Rocky Mountains east, southern Canada (2)

D. barberi Florida (2)

D. lecontei California to Texas, Mexico (2)

Food

larvae and adults feed on plants in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 March, 2005 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 January, 2006 - 11:34pm

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