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Species Opacinota bisignata

Opacinota bisignata (Boheman) - Opacinota bisignata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

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 Opacinota

Species bisignata (Opacinota bisignata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Opacinota bisignata (Boheman)

Orig. Comb: Coptocycla bisignata Boheman 1855

Syn: Coptocycla pinicola Schaeffer 1925

Numbers

Monotypic genus (1)

Range

Primarily coastal states: TX-FL-MD - Map (2)(3), plus KY (4)

Season

May-Aug in KY (4)

Food

Ipomoea pandurata is the most commonly encountered host in LA and TX (4)

Print References

Riley, E.G. 1985. Identification of Cassida atripes LeConte, 1859, and Coptocycla bisignata Boheman, 1855, two North American tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58: 53–61. JSTOR

Riley, E.G. 1986. Review of the tortoise beetle genera of the tribe Cassidini occurring in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94: 98–114. JSTOR

Schaeffer, C. 1925. New species and varieties of North American Cassidini (Coleoptera, Chrysomeildae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 33: 233-237.

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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.	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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 November, 2010 - 3:48am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 March, 2019 - 1:42pm

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