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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) » Ischyrosonychini » Physonota » Arizona Tortoise Beetle (Physonota arizonae)

Species Physonota arizonae - Arizona Tortoise Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Cassidinae - Physonota arizonae Physonota arizonae? - Physonota arizonae Interesting big tortoise beetle - Physonota arizonae The golden phase - Physonota arizonae The two color phases - Physonota arizonae The mature form - Physonota arizonae Physonota arizonae Physonota arizonae
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 Ischyrosonychini
Genus Physonota
Species arizonae (Arizona Tortoise Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Physonota arizonae Schaeffer 1925
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Range
AZ (Sta Catalina Mts) / Mex. (2)
Food
hosts: Franserica ambrosioides, Gaertneria xanthocarpa (Asteraceae) (2)
Remarks
color variation discussed here
Print References
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.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 September, 2006 - 12:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 5 August, 2013 - 8:10pm

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