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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Beetles
  6. Leaf Beetles
  7. Tortoise and Hispine Beetles

subfamily

Tortoise and Hispine Beetles

Cassidinae

Includes
88 native 4 introduced 7 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Chalepini 52 native
  • Cassidini 25 native
  • Ischyrosonychini 6 native
  • Mesomphaliini 3 native
  • Hemisphaerotini 1 native
  • Imatidiini 1 native
  • Botryonopini
  • Cryptonychini
  • Aspidimorphini
  • Spiky Leafbeetles

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native tortoise and hispine beetles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Golden Tortoise Beetle Charidotella sexpunctata 9,104 observations
  • Goldenrod Leafminer Microrhopala vittata 4,122 observations
  • Eggplant Tortoise Beetle Gratiana pallidula 1,874 observations
  • Palmetto Tortoise Beetle Hemisphaerota cyanea 1,707 observations
  • Microrhopala excavata 451 observations

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