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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Jonthonota » Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle (Jonthonota nigripes)

Species Jonthonota nigripes - Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Tribe Cassidini - Tortoise Beetles ? - Jonthonota nigripes Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier) - Jonthonota nigripes - male - female Leaf beetle - Jonthonota nigripes Leaf beetle - Jonthonota nigripes Golden Tortoise Beetle? - Jonthonota nigripes Jonthonata nigripes? - Jonthonota nigripes Beetle 6-8mm - Jonthonota nigripes Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle (Jonthonota nigripes)? - 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
Species nigripes (Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier 1790)
nigripes 'black-footed'
Size
8-9 mm
Identification
adult reddish-orange with 3 black spots on each elytron; legs mostly black or dark brown, body shape oblong and nearly parallel-sided, elytral margins opaque or translucent but not transparent, surface not highly reflective(1); larva straw-yellow
also scutellum is black
Range
AB-CA to MB-NY-FL / Mex. - Map (2)(3), most records from w. NA
Habitat
fields, meadows, gardens
Food
hosts: morning glory and sweet potato (Convolvulaceae)(4)
Works Cited
1.The leaf beetles of Alabama
Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 March, 2005 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2023 - 2:18pm

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