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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) » Deloyala » Mottled Tortoise Beetle (Deloyala guttata)

Species Deloyala guttata - Mottled Tortoise Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata

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 Deloyala

Species guttata (Mottled Tortoise Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Deloyala guttata (Olivier 1790)

Size

~5 mm

Range

e NA to Rockies (NS-FL to AB-TX) to Venezuela / W. Indies - Map (1)(2)(3)

Habitat

fields, meadows, gardens, lawns & yards

Season

mostly: May-Oct (BG data)

Food

larvae and adults feed on leaves of Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)(4)

Life Cycle

overwinters as adult beneath leaf litter; multiple generations per year, the number varies with latitude

Click on either image to view a Life Cycle series of photos.

Remarks

tested for biocontrol of Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)(5)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

2.	Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae Barney R.J., Clark S.M., Riley E.G. 2007. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132-144.

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.

5.	Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 March, 2005 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2022 - 8:51am

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