Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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) » Deloyala

Genus Deloyala

Deloyala guttata - male - female Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata Mottled Tortoise - Deloyala guttata Life cycle - Deloyala guttata? - Deloyala guttata Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata Deloyala lecontii? - Deloyala lecontii Two tiny metallic sexually-dimorphic beetles mating - Deloyala guttata Deloyala guttata pupa at 4 days, ventral - Deloyala guttata
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 Deloyala
Explanation of Names
Deloyala Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), 9 spp. total(2), but the genus needs revision(3) (there may be fewer spp. --E.G. Riley, pers.comm.)
Range
New World, mostly Neotropical(2); in our area, D. guttata east of the Rockies, D. barberi FL, D. lecontii TX-CA(1)
Food
larvae and adults feed on plants in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 March, 2005 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 April, 2013 - 9:09pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo