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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Charidotella » Charidotella purpurata
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Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella purpurata
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Cresswell

Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella purpurata
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
If I'm not mistaken this is genus Charidotella. It may be a color variety of the Golden Tortoise Beetle, Charidotella bicolor.

I see Nearctica.com has five Nearctic species of Charidotella. BugGuide lists Charidotella sexpunctata, but Nearctica.com does not.

I apologize for the lack of a date; the photo was taken about 1985 and the "collection" data did not survive. I feel quite sure the beetle was on one of the Morning Glories.
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 30 January, 2006 - 6:47pm
Last updated 7 September, 2006 - 4:00am

Moved
Moved from Charidotella.
… Stephen Cresswell, 7 September, 2006 - 4:00am login or register to post comments

Charidotella purpurata
I think we've got these Charidotella figured out, at least for the 2 species listed from the Northeast. see comments under
… Tim R. Moyer, 6 September, 2006 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Tim, and Thanks Downie & Arnett, moving to purpurata page!
… Stephen Cresswell, 7 September, 2006 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

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