Genus Physonota

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

Bergamot Tortoise Beetle - Physonota unipunctata

Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle - Physonota alutacea

Physonota alutacea eggs, top view - Physonota alutacea

Physonota alutacea larvae, early instar - Physonota alutacea

Physonota alutacea pupa, top view - Physonota alutacea

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 Ischyrosonychini

Genus Physonota

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Boheman 1854.

Numbers

About 40 species in the New World, greatest diversity in Mexico (1)

Five species north of Mexico (2)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 October, 2004 - 1:07pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 August, 2006 - 11:32pm

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