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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) » Helocassis » Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Helocassis clavata) » Helocassis clavata clavata

Subspecies Helocassis clavata clavata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Works Cited
Tortoise Beetle - Helocassis clavata Tortoise Beetle - Helocassis clavata Tortoise Beetle - Helocassis clavata Plagiometriona clavata clavata - Helocassis clavata clavate tortoise beetle - Helocassis clavata Plagiometriona clavata clavata - Helocassis clavata
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 Helocassis
Species clavata (Clavate Tortoise Beetle)
Subspecies clavata (Helocassis clavata clavata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Helocassis clavata (Fabricius, 1798) (1)
Range
e. NA to AZ / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 22 December, 2009 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 19 August, 2022 - 9:57am

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