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Genus Jonthonota

Golden Tortoise Beetle - Jonthonota nigripes Tribe Cassidini - Tortoise Beetles ? - Jonthonota nigripes Blacklegged - Jonthonota nigripes Blacklegged - Jonthonota nigripes Jonthonota nigripes Leaf beetle - Jonthonota nigripes Red Cassidini beetle - Jonthonota mexicana Jonthonota nigripes - Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle - Jonthonota nigripes
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 Jonthonota
Explanation of Names
Jonthonota Spaeth 1913
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area(1)(2)
Size
8-9 mm
Range
J. nigripes Canadian prairies to Costa Rica, J. mexicana TX-AZ, Mexico(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 March, 2005 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 April, 2012 - 4:41am

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