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Tribe Cassidini - Tortoise Beetles

Beetle - Plagiometriona clavata - male - female Tortoise Beetle - Plagiometriona clavata Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata ?? unsure..... Anacua tortoise beetle larva - Coptocycla texana What is it? 05.08.2009 036 Plagiometriona sp. - Plagiometriona clavata Tortoise Beetle - Gratiana pallidula
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)
Internet References
Cassidinae of the world - Tribe: Cassidini - New World Genera, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland - Lots of photos of species and different species variants, although unlike much of BugGuide, most are preserved specimens. And this tribe tends to significantly fade.