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Species Deloyala guttata - Mottled Tortoise Beetle

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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
Species guttata (Mottled Tortoise Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Deloyala guttata (Olivier 1790)
Size
~5 mm
Range
e NA to Rockies (NS-FL to AB-TX) to Venezuela / W. Indies - Map (1)(2)(3)
Habitat
fields, meadows, gardens, lawns & yards
Season
mostly: May-Oct (BG data)
Food
larvae and adults feed on leaves of Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)(4)
Life Cycle
overwinters as adult beneath leaf litter; multiple generations per year, the number varies with latitude
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Remarks
tested for biocontrol of Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)(5)