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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) » Mesomphaliini » Chelymorpha » Chelymorpha cribraria

Species Chelymorpha cribraria

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Mesomphaliini

Genus Chelymorpha

Species cribraria (Chelymorpha cribraria)

Other Common Names

Common Sieve Tortoise Beetle

Explanation of Names

Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius 1775)

cribraria (L). 'sieve' (1)

Identification

highly variable (at least globally), but in FL often with multiple dark spots of almost uniform size and spacing on the elytra that make it appear to be perforated like a metal colander.

Range

adventive to se coastal FL (established), native to S. America & West Indies - Map (2)(3)(4) (in FL north to Orange Co., per M.C. Thomas's 14.v.2008 comment)

Food

the only two confirmed host in FL are Oceanblue Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica) and Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae, Convolvulaceae) (Thomas, 1999)

Remarks

showed up in so. FL following hurricane Andrew (Sep. 1993). --M.C. Thomas, 14.v.2008

Print References

Vasconcellos-Neto J. 1988. Genetics of Chelymorpha cribraria, Cassidinae: colour patterns and their ecological meanings. Pp. 217-232. In: P. Jolivet, E. Petitpierre, and T.H. Hsiao (eds.). Biology of Chrysomelidae. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Internet References

Featured Creatures - Thomas, 1999

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)

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

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 May, 2008 - 5:42pm
Additional contributions by McClarinJ, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 September, 2024 - 5:11pm

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