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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) » Charidotella » Subgenus Chaerocassis (Charidotella Subgenus Chaerocassis) » Charidotella purpurata
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Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella purpurata
Copyright © 2006 Ilona L.

Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella purpurata
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 6, 2006
Size: ~5mm

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 6 September, 2006 - 12:07pm
Last updated 15 December, 2010 - 7:47pm

Tortoise Beetle
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… Ashley Bradford, 6 September, 2006 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Not the same
I don't think that the species on this picture is the same as your link : the Cassidinae here have the "orange" color that extend farther on the humeri than Charidotella sexpunctata. This caracteristic let me mostly think to Charidotella purpurata.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 6 September, 2006 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
concur
From Dowie & Arnett (1),
1)Elytral margin clouded opposite humeri - C. purpurata
2)Elytral margin entirely translucent - C. sexpuncatata (bicolor)

And C. purpurata makes yours a new species for BugGuide :)
… Tim Moyer, 6 September, 2006 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
and then there were 2
looks like there's one other C. purpurata incorrectly stuck under C. sexpuncatata. See
… Tim Moyer, 6 September, 2006 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
I was suprised to see that this beetle is so widespread. Thanks for sending the link.
… Ilona L., 6 September, 2006 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

 
I'd love to see one myself some day. =)
I see they're supposed to be in my state, too.
… Ashley Bradford, 6 September, 2006 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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