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Genus Charidotella

Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata

Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata

Small metallic green - Charidotella succinea

Cassidinae on bindweed. Pupa 6 days later - Charidotella sexpunctata

Golden Tortoise Beetle (sexpunctata) - Charidotella sexpunctata

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)

Genus Charidotella

Explanation of Names

Author: Weise 1896.

Numbers

Nearctica lists 5 species

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 1 December, 2004 - 8:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 6 September, 2009 - 1:01pm

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